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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300004603321

Autore

Hulan Renée

Titolo

Climate Change and Writing the Canadian Arctic / / by Renée Hulan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Pivot, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-69329-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Collana

Palgrave pivot

Disciplina

809.7

Soggetti

America - Literatures

Literature, Modern - 20th century

Literature, Modern - 21st century

Literature - Philosophy

North American Literature

Contemporary Literature

Literary Theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1 Franklin’s Long Shadow: Representations of the Canadian Arctic -- 2 Becoming Boundless: Kathleen Winter’s Arctic Excursion -- 3 Negotiating Sovereignty: Sheila Watt-Cloutier’s The Right to Be Cold.

Sommario/riassunto

Climate Change and Writing the Canadian Arctic explores the impact of climate change on Canadian literary culture.  Analysis of the changing rhetoric surrounding the discovery of the lost ships of the Franklin expedition serves to highlight the political and economic interests that have historically motivated Canada’s approach to the Arctic and shaped literary representations.  A recent shift in Canadian writing away from national sovereignty to circumpolar stewardship is revealed in detailed close readings of Kathleen Winter’s Boundless and Sheila Watt-Cloutier’s The Right to Be Cold. .