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Siemerling Winfried <1956-> |
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Titolo |
Discoveries of the other : alterity in the work of Leonard Cohen, Hubert Aquin, Michael Ondaatje, and Nicole Brossard / / Winfried Siemerling |
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Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1994 |
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©1994 |
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1-282-00295-3 |
9786612002953 |
1-4426-8390-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (268 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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Canadian fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
French-Canadian literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Canadian literature - Psychological aspects |
Difference (Psychology) in literature |
Postmodernism (Literature) - Canada |
Outsiders in literature |
Self in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Discoveries of the Other -- 2. Hailed by Koan: Leonard Cohen and the Aesthetics of Loss -- 3. Hubert Aquin: Language and Legitimation -- 4. ‘Scared by the Company of the Mirror’: Temptations of Identity and Limits of Control in the Work of Michael Ondaatje -- 5. The Visibility of the Utopian Form in the Work of Nicole Brossard -- 6. Conclusion: A Will to Metamorphosis -- Notes -- Bibliography -- General Index -- Index of Names |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Winfried Siemerling examines alterity in the work of four innovative postmodern authors, exploring self and other as textual figures of the unknown. Subjectivity appears mediated, in these texts, by a self- |
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