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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456439603321

Autore

Siemerling Winfried <1956->

Titolo

Discoveries of the other : alterity in the work of Leonard Cohen, Hubert Aquin, Michael Ondaatje, and Nicole Brossard / / Winfried Siemerling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1994

©1994

ISBN

1-282-00295-3

9786612002953

1-4426-8390-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (268 p.)

Collana

Theory / Culture

Disciplina

813/.5409353

Soggetti

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.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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-



reflexive work in language, seeking to grasp itself in relation to a significant and often fascinating, but also enigmatic, other.