03625nam 2200829 450 991045643960332120200520144314.01-282-00295-397866120029531-4426-8390-210.3138/9781442683907(CKB)2420000000004572(OCoLC)244767445(CaPaEBR)ebrary10218881(SSID)ssj0000294085(PQKBManifestationID)11206491(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000294085(PQKBWorkID)10303432(PQKB)10803794(CaPaEBR)422851(CaBNvSL)thg00603581 (MiAaPQ)EBC3254976(MiAaPQ)EBC4672289(DE-B1597)465156(OCoLC)944177170(DE-B1597)9781442683907(Au-PeEL)EBL4672289(CaPaEBR)ebr11257963(OCoLC)958559073(EXLCZ)99242000000000457220160923h19941994 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDiscoveries of the other alterity in the work of Leonard Cohen, Hubert Aquin, Michael Ondaatje, and Nicole Brossard /Winfried SiemerlingToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] ;London, [England] :University of Toronto Press,1994.©19941 online resource (268 p.) Theory / CultureBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-4875-7127-5 0-8020-0517-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 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.Theory/culture series.Canadian fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismFrench-Canadian literature20th centuryHistory and criticismCanadian literaturePsychological aspectsDifference (Psychology) in literaturePostmodernism (Literature)CanadaOutsiders in literatureSelf in literatureElectronic books.Canadian fictionHistory and criticism.French-Canadian literatureHistory and criticism.Canadian literaturePsychological aspects.Difference (Psychology) in literature.Postmodernism (Literature)Outsiders in literature.Self in literature.813/.5409353 Siemerling Winfried1956-876672MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456439603321Discoveries of the other2455856UNINA