Overview of Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature Book

Margaret Atwood's witty and informative book focuses on the imaginative mystique of the wilderness of the Canadian North. She discusses the 'Grey Owl Syndrome' of white writers going native; the folklore arising from the mysterious-- and disastrous -- Franklin expedition of the nineteenth century; the myth of the dreaded snow monster, the Wendigo; the relations between nature writing and new forms of Gothic; and how a fresh generation of women writers in Canada have adapted the imagery of the Canadian North for the exploration of contemporary themes of gender, the family and sexuality. Writers discussed include Robert Service, Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, E.J. Pratt, Marian Engel, Margaret Laurence, and Gwendolyn MacEwan.This superbly written and compelling portrait of the mysterious North is at once a fascinating insight into the Canadian imagination, and an exciting new work from an outstanding literary presence.

• Book Type :

Literary Theory, History & Criticism

• Book Binding :

Paperback

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

160 pages

• ISBN - 10 :

184408082X

• Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature Published On :

4 Mar 2004

• Resource:

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