The Island Motif in the Fiction of L. M. Montgomery, Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood, and Other Canadian Women Novelists (Hardcover)

New York, Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt/M., Oxford, Wien. Islands, both literal and figurative, recur in fiction authored by many prominent Canadian women writers. Using a critical lens based on Northrop Frye and Julia Kristeva, this book closely examines fourteen novels by eight twentieth-century authors, emphasizing works by L. M. Montgomery, Margaret Laurence, and Margaret Atwood. Several of the novels, such as Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables, Laurence's A Jest of God and The Diviners, Atwood's Surfacing and Bodily Harm, Alice Munro's The Lives of Girls and Women, and Gabrielle Roy's The Tin Flute, are among Canada's most well-known. Some of the works discussed present the island as a redemptive retreat, but in most cases the island's role is ambiguous, ranging from a temporary respite from life's pressures to a nightmarish trap.

General

Imprint:	Peter Lang Publishing
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Studies on Themes and Motifs in Literature, 68
Release date:	September 2003
First published:	2003
Authors:	Theodore F Sheckels
Dimensions:	230 x 160 x 17mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	206
ISBN-13:	978-0-8204-6792-4
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-8204-6792-8
Barcode:	9780820467924

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