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Critical Review by The Spectator

1,845 words, approx. 7 pages

In the following review of Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, the critic calls the work an “exhilarating volume” that breaks new ground as Leacock moves away from “irresponsible ... Read more

Critical Essay by D. A. Cameron

5,716 words, approx. 20 pages

In the following essay, Cameron examines how Leacock sees the characters and their actions in Sunshine Sketches. Critical discussions of Stephen Leacock's Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town rev... Read more

Critical Review by Douglas Mantz

6,480 words, approx. 22 pages

In the following essay, Mantz urges us to read Leacock not only for his genial nonsense or bitter satire but for his “ontological awareness”; he then examines the envoi in Sunshine Sketc... Read more

Critical Essay by Ina Ferris

3,669 words, approx. 13 pages

In the following essay, Ferris argues that Sunshine Sketches of Little Town is a more serious and modern work than commentators have perceived and that the power of the work is found in its narrative ... Read more

Critical Essay by T. D. MacLulich

4,013 words, approx. 14 pages

In the following essay, MacLulich responds to the critic Ina Ferris's assessment of Sunshine Sketches of Little Town, arguing that the collection does not show that Leacock lacked faith in his ... Read more

Critical Essay by Beverly Raspovich

7,824 words, approx. 27 pages

In the following essay, Raspovich examines the “little man” or “uncommon common man” persona in some of Leacock's most important works, including Sunshine Sketches o... Read more

Critical Essay by Francis Zichy

8,103 words, approx. 28 pages

In the following essay, Zichy argues that a “special kind of equivocation” on the part of the narrator rules in Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town, and that the work's purpose is ... Read more