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100 1 $aGoldman, Marlene,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97072740
245 10 $aRewriting apocalypse in Canadian fiction /$cMarlene Goldman.
260 $aMontreal ;$aIthaca :$bMcGill-Queen's University Press,$c[2005], ©2005.
300 $ax, 214 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [191]-201) and index.
505 00 $g1.$tThe end(s) of myth : apocalyptic and prophetic fictions in Headhunter -- $g2.$tAllegories of ruin and redemption : Michael Ondaatje's The English patient -- $g3.$tMargaret Atwood's "hairball" : apocalyptic cannibal fiction -- $g4.$tMapping and dreaming : resisting apocalypse in Green grass, running water -- $g5.$tBroken letters : Obasan as traumatic apocalyptic testimony -- $tConclusion : adrift after the apocalypse.
520 1 $a"Traditional apocalyptic narratives highlight the drama of a chosen elect. Contemporary Canadian fiction, however, typically portrays the apocalypse from the perspective of marginalized individuals barred from paradise, creating a distinctly anti-apocalyptic discourse. Rewriting Apocalypse in Canadian Fiction is the first book to explore the literary, psychological, political, and cultural repercussions of the apocalypse in the fiction of Timothy Findley, Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, Thomas King, and Joy Kogawa, Marlene Goldman traces the history of the apocalyptic literary tradition and its key motifs in close readings of these Canadian works, which challenge rather than embrace apocalypse's key features."--BOOK JACKET.
650 5 $aCanadian literature (English)$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
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