Survival a thematic guide to Canadian literature
Record details
- ISBN: 9781551995540 (electronic bk.)
- ISBN: 1551995549 (electronic bk.)
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Physical Description:
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1 online resource (xiv, 302 p.) - Publisher: Toronto : M & S, 2004, c1972.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction / Margaret Atwood -- What, why, and where is here? -- How to use this book -- Survival -- Nature the monster -- Animal victims -- First people: Indians and Eskimos as symbols -- Ancestral totems: explorers, settlers -- Family potrait: masks of the bear -- Failed sacrifices: the reluctant immigrant -- The casual incident of death: futile heroes, unconvincing martyrs and other bad ends -- The paralyzed artist -- Ice women vs earth mothers: the stone angel and the absent Venus -- Quebec: burning mansions -- Jail-breaks and re-creations -- Sources of epigraphs -- Authors' index. |
Source of Description Note: | Description based on print version record. |
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Subject: | Canadian literature -- History and criticism Littérature canadienne -- Histoire et critique Bellettrie Canada Literatur Thema Kanada |
Genre: | Electronic books. |