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First published in 1987, this is an introductory study of the
most widely read Canadian women novelists of the 1970s and 1980s.
At its centre lies the question of how the search for a distinctive
cultural identity relates to the need for a national cultural
identity in the post-colonial era. Coral Ann Howells argues that
Canadian women s fiction throughout the period of study represents
how the Canadian cultural identity exceeds its geographical limits,
and those traditional structures of patriarchal authority need
revision if women s alternative views are to be taken into account.
Including short biographical sketches and a complete list of the
books published by the authors under discussion, writers examined
include Margaret Atwood, Alice Munro, and Margaret Laurence. "
The current Gothic revival in literature and film encourages us to
look again to the earliest Gothic novels written beween 1790 and
1820, when Gothic was the most popular kind of fiction in England.
Dr. Howells proposes a radical reassessment of these novels to
emphasize their importance as experiments in imaginative writing.
Her object, the study of feeling, is central to Gothic, for its
spell consists in the feelings it arouses and exercises. As
pseudo-historical fantasy, Gothic fiction embodies contemporary
neuroses, especially sexual fears and repressions, which run right
through it and are basic to its conventions. This study traces the
effort to articulate these disconcerting emotions in symbol,
incident, landscape and architecture. The chronological design
suggests developments in Gothic, from the initial explorations of
Mrs Radcliffe and M.G. Lewis, through the Minerva Press novelists
and Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey," to new directions taken by
C.R. Maturin in "Melmoth the Wanderer" and later by Charlotte
Bronte whose "Jane Eyre," arguably the finest of Gothic novels,
places the earlier experiments in perspective.
Diasporic writing simultaneously asserts a sense of belonging and
expresses a sense of being 'ethnic' in a society of immigration.
The essays in this volume explore how contemporary diasporic
writers in English use their works to mediate this dissonance and
seek to work through the ethical, political, and personal
affiliations of diasporic identities and subjectivities. The essays
call for a remapping of post-colonial literatures and a
reevaluation of the Anglophone literary canon by including
post-colonial diasporic literary discourses. Demonstrating that an
intercultural dialogue and constant cultural brokering are a must
in our post-colonial world, this volume is a valuable contribution
to the ongoing discourse on post-colonial diasporic literatures and
identities.
The field of Margaret Atwood studies, like her own work, is in
constant evolution. This second edition of The Cambridge Companion
to Margaret Atwood provides substantial reconceptualization of
Atwood's writing in multiple genres that has spanned six decades,
with particular focus on developments since 2000. Exploring Atwood
in our contemporary context, this edition discusses the
relationship between her Canadian identity and her role as an
international literary celebrity and spokesperson on global issues,
ranging from environmentalism to women's rights to digital
technology. As well as providing novel insights into Atwood's
recent dystopias and classic texts, this edition highlights a
significant dimension in the reception of Atwood's work, with new
material on the striking Hulu and MGM television adaptation of The
Handmaid's Tale. This up-to-date volume illuminates new directions
in Atwood's career, and introduces students, scholars and general
readers alike to the ever-expanding dimensions of her literary art.
A collection of new essays on the multi-talented Canadian
writerMargaret Atwood. Novelist, poet, cultural critic, Margaret
Atwood is one of the most fascinating, versatile, and productive
authors of our time, a superb writer in any genre she chooses to
tackle. This book was prepared on the occasion of Atwood's sixtieth
birthday in November 1999. Its first aim is therefore to take stock
of Atwood's multifarious works and international impact at the
height of her creative powers. Secondly, the book serves as a
wide-ranging introduction to the writer and her works. Fifteen
informative articles written specifically for this volume by Atwood
specialists from Canada, the USA, the UK, Germany, and France treat
her life and status, her works (up-to-date surveyarticles on
Atwood's novels, short fiction, poetry, and literary and cultural
criticism), and important approaches to her works (from the
standpoints of gender politics, mythology, ecology, popular
culture, constructivism, and Canadian nationalism). A final section
on creativity, transmission, and reception includes an interview
with Atwood on creativity, statements by some of Atwood's important
transmitters, including publishers, editors, literaryagents, and
translators, and some 15 statements by Atwood's fellow writers, in
which they explore her importance for them. A number of photographs
of Atwood, several cartoonsdrawn by and about her, an up-to-date
bibliography ofworks by and about her, and an index round out the
volume. Reingard M. Nischik is Professor of American literature at
the University of Konstanz, Germany.
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The field of Margaret Atwood studies, like her own work, is in
constant evolution. This second edition of The Cambridge Companion
to Margaret Atwood provides substantial reconceptualization of
Atwood's writing in multiple genres that has spanned six decades,
with particular focus on developments since 2000. Exploring Atwood
in our contemporary context, this edition discusses the
relationship between her Canadian identity and her role as an
international literary celebrity and spokesperson on global issues,
ranging from environmentalism to women's rights to digital
technology. As well as providing novel insights into Atwood's
recent dystopias and classic texts, this edition highlights a
significant dimension in the reception of Atwood's work, with new
material on the striking Hulu and MGM television adaptation of The
Handmaid's Tale. This up-to-date volume illuminates new directions
in Atwood's career, and introduces students, scholars and general
readers alike to the ever-expanding dimensions of her literary art.
From Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood, this is a complete
English-language history of Canadian writing in English and French
from its beginnings. The multi-authored volume pays special
attention to works from the 1960s and after, to multicultural and
indigenous writing, popular literature, and the interaction of
anglophone and francophone cultures throughout Canadian history.
Established genres such as fiction, drama and poetry are discussed
alongside forms of writing which have traditionally received less
attention, such as the essay, nature-writing, life-writing,
journalism, and comics, and also writing in which the conventional
separation between genres has broken down, such as the poetic
novel. Written by an international team of distinguished scholars,
the volume includes a separate, substantial section discussing
major genres in French, as well as a detailed chronology of
historical and literary/cultural events, and an extensive
bibliography covering criticism in English and French.
From Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood, this is a complete
English-language history of Canadian writing in English and French
from its beginnings. The multi-authored volume pays special
attention to works from the 1960s and after, to multicultural and
Indigenous writing, popular literature, and the interaction of
anglophone and francophone cultures throughout Canadian history.
Established genres such as fiction, drama and poetry are discussed
alongside forms of writing which have traditionally received less
attention, such as the essay, nature-writing, life-writing,
journalism, and comics, and also writing in which the conventional
separation between genres has broken down, such as the poetic
novel. Written by an international team of distinguished scholars,
the volume includes a separate, substantial section discussing
major genres in French, as well as a detailed chronology of
historical and literary/cultural events, and an extensive
bibliography covering criticism in English and French.
The Oxford History of the Novel in English is a 12-volume series
presenting a comprehensive, global, and up-to-date history of
English-language prose fiction and written by a large,
international team of scholars. The series is concerned with novels
as a whole, not just the 'literary' novel, and each volume includes
chapters on the processes of production, distribution and
reception, and on popular fiction and the fictional sub-genres, as
well as outlining the work of major novelists, movements and
tendencies. This volume offers a comprehensive account of the
production of English language novels and related prose fiction
since 1950 in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the South
Pacific. After the Second World War, the rise of cultural
nationalism in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand and movements
towards independence in the Pacific islands, together with the turn
toward multiculturalism and transnationalism in the postcolonial
world, has called into question the standard national frames for
literary history. This has resulted in an increasing recognition of
formerly marginalised peoples and a repositioning of these national
literatures in a world literary context. This multi-authored volume
explores the implications of such radical change through its focus
on the novel and the short story, which model the crises in
evolving narratives of nationhood and the reinvention of
postcolonial identities. The constant interplay between national
and regional specificity and transnational linkages is mirrored in
the structure of this volume, where parallel sections on national
literatures are situated within a broadly inclusive comparative
framework. Shifting socio-political and cultural contexts and their
effects on novels and novelists, together with shifts in literary
genres (realism, modernism, the Gothic, postmodernism) are traced
across these different regions. Attention is given not only to
major authors but also to Indigenous and multicultural fiction ,
children's and young adult novels, and popular fiction. A
significant feature of this volume is its extensive treatment of
the novel in the South Pacific. Chapters on book publishing,
critical reception, and literary histories for all four areas are
included in this innovative presentation of a TransPacific
postcolonial history of the novel.
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