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Autore |
Hammill Faye |
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Titolo |
Canadian literature / / Faye Hammill |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2007 |
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ISBN |
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1-281-08921-4 |
1-78034-471-6 |
9786611089214 |
0-7486-2952-1 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Edinburgh critical guides to literature |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Canadian literature - 20th century - History and criticism |
Canadian literature - History and criticism |
Authors, Canadian - 20th century |
Canada In literature |
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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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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-214) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chronology; Introduction; chapter 1 - Ethnicity, Race, Colonisation; chapter 2 - Wilderness, Cities, Regions; chapter 3 - Desire; chapter 4 - Histories and Stories; Conclusion; Student Resources; Index; |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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An important critical study of Canadian literature, placing internationally successful anglophone Canadian authors in the context of their national literary history. While the focus of the book is on twentieth-century and contemporary writing, it also charts the historical development of Canadian literature and discusses important eighteenth- and nineteenth-century authors. The chapters focus on four central topics in Canadian culture: Ethnicity, Race, Colonisation; Wildernesses, Cities, Regions; Desire; and Histories and Stories. Each chapter combines case studies of five key texts with a bro |
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