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Strange things : the malevolent North in Canadian literature  Cover Image Book Book

Strange things : the malevolent North in Canadian literature / Margaret Atwood.

Summary:

The author writes of the imaginative mystique of the Canadian North. In discussing the work of writers like Robert Service, Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, and Margaret Laurence, she talks of northern folklore, myth, and imagery.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0198119763
  • Physical Description: vii, 126 p. ; 23 cm. : ill.
  • Publisher: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Originally presented as the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford University.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-120) and index.
Subject: Evil in literature.
Horror tales, Canadian > History and criticism.
National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.
Gothic revival (Literature) > Canada.
Myth in literature.
Canadian literature > History and criticism.
Nature in literature.
Wilderness areas in literature.
Canada, Northern, in literature.
Topic Heading: Canada, Northern, in literature.
Canadian literature - Themes, motives.

Available copies

  • 6 of 7 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Grand Forks and District Public Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 7 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Grand Forks 813.009 ATW (Text) 35142002264090 Adult Non Fiction Volume hold Available -


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