Canadian Literature

Author/creator Hammill, Faye Author
Other author Halliwell, Martin Editor
Other author Mousley, Andy Editor
Format Electronic
Publication InfoEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press La Vergne : MyiLibrary [Distributor]
Description220 p.
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SeriesEdinburgh Critical Guides to Literature Ser.
Summary Annotation An important critical study of Canadian literature, placing internationally successful anglophone Canadian authors in the context of their national literary history. While the focus of the book is on twentieth-century and contemporary writing, it also charts the historical development of Canadian literature and discusses important eighteenth- and nineteenth-century authors. The chapters focus on four central topics in Canadian culture: Ethnicity, Race, Colonisation; Wildernesses, Cities, Regions; Desire; and Histories and Stories. Each chapter combines case studies of five key texts with a broad discussion of concepts and approaches, including postcolonial and postmodern reading strategies and theories of space, place and desire. Authors chosen for close analysis include Margaret Atwood, Michael Ondaatje, Alice Munro, Leonard Cohen, Thomas King and Carol Shields.
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ISBN9781281089212
ISBN1281089214 (E-Book) Active Record
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