Rewriting Apocalypse in Canadian Fiction
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Aug 2005
- Category
- Canadian
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780773529045
- Publish Date
- Aug 2005
- List Price
- $125.00
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773572942
- Publish Date
- Aug 2005
- List Price
- $95.00
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Description
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.
About the author
Marlene Goldman is professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto and the author of DisPossession: Haunting in Canadian Fiction.
