An edition of Survival (1972)

Survival

a thematic guide to Canadian literature

1st McClelland & Stewart ed. 1996.
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An edition of Survival (1972)

Survival

a thematic guide to Canadian literature

1st McClelland & Stewart ed. 1996.
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"'Survival' is the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. It is ... a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: 'what have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?' Her answer is twofold: 'survival and victims.' Atwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty and impassioned chapters. From Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Newlove, from Godfrey to Gibson, she lights up familiar books in wholly new perspectives." The themes are: survival; nature the monster; animal victims; early people (indians and eskimos); ancestral totems (explorers and settlers); family portrait: masks of the bear; failed sacrifices (the reluctant immigrant); the casual incident of death; the paralyzed artist; ice women vs. earth mothers; Quebec: burning mansions; and, jail-breaks and recreations.

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Publisher
M & S
Language
English
Pages
287

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Cover of: Survival
Survival: a thematic guide to Canadian literature
2004, M & S
in English
Cover of: Survival
Survival: a thematic guide to Canadian literature
1996, M & S
in English - 1st McClelland & Stewart ed. 1996.
Cover of: Survival
Survival: a thematic guide to Canadian literature.
1991, Anansi
in English
Cover of: Essai sur la littérature canadienne
Essai sur la littérature canadienne
1987, Boréal
in English
Cover of: Survival
Survival: a thematic guide to Canadian literature
1972, Anansi
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Toronto

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
C810.9
Library of Congress
PR9184.3 .A8 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
[3], 287 p. ;
Number of pages
287

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL20354447M
Internet Archive
survivalthematic0000atwo_u3a8
ISBN 10
0771008325
Library Thing
1545109
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888816

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