UID:
almafu_9959231017402883
Format:
1 online resource (225 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-86358-4
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9786612863585
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0-7735-7294-5
Content:
Rewriting Apocalypse in Contemporary Canadian Fiction is the first book to explore the literary, psychological, political, and cultural repercussions of the apocalypse in the fiction of Timothy Finley, Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, Thomas King, and Joy Kogawa. While writers from diverse nations have adopted and adapted the biblical narrative, these Canadian authors introduce particular twists to the familiar myth of the end. Goldman demonstrates that they share a marked concern with purgation of the non-elect, the loss experienced by the non-elect, and the traumatic impact of apocalyptic violence. She also analyzes Canadian apocalyptic accounts as crisis literature written in the context of the Cold War - written against the fear of total destruction.
Note:
Includes index.
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Front Matter --
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Contents --
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Acknowledgments --
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The Apocalyptic Paradigm --
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The End(s) of Myth: Apocalyptic and Prophetic Visions in Headhunter --
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Allegories of Ruin and Redemption: Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient --
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Margaret Atwood’s “Hairball”: Apocalyptic Cannibal Fiction --
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Mapping and Dreaming: Resisting Apocalypse in Green Grass, Running Water --
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Broken Letters: Obasan as Traumatic Apocalyptic Testimony --
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Adrift After the Apocalypse --
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Notes --
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Bibliography --
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Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-7735-2904-7
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9780773572942
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