In this volume, contributors from Canada, Germany, and the US address the phenomenon of "blurred boundaries" in literature, a motif reflecting global, social, and cultural developments as well as recent trends in cultural and literary theory. The volume's 11 contributions discuss the work of many authors including Herman Melville, Elizabeth Drew Stoddard, Duke Redbird, Alice Walker, and Raymond Carver. Lacks an index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.