Other selves : animals in the Canadian literary imagination / edited by Janice Fiamengo.
Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination begins with the premise, first suggested by Margaret Atwood in The Animals in That Country (1968), that animals have occupied a peculiarly central position in the Canadian imagination. Unlike the longer-settled countries of Europe or the mor...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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Ottawa :
University of Ottawa Press,
2007.
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Series: | Re-appraisals, Canadian writers ;
31. |
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Summary: | Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination begins with the premise, first suggested by Margaret Atwood in The Animals in That Country (1968), that animals have occupied a peculiarly central position in the Canadian imagination. Unlike the longer-settled countries of Europe or the more densely-populated United States, in Canada animals have always been the loved and feared co-inhabitants of this harsh, beautiful land. From the realistic animal tales of Charles G.D. Roberts and Ernest Thompson Seton, to the urban animals of Marshall Saunders and Dennis Lee, to the lyrical observ. |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (363 pages) : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780776617701 0776617702 9780776618500 0776618504 |
ISSN: | 1189-6787. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |