03467oam 2200685 a 450 991078076250332120230912135826.01-282-85508-597866128550850-7735-6722-410.1515/9780773567221(CKB)2440000000013590(OCoLC)144084696(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135225(SSID)ssj0000377536(PQKBManifestationID)11271965(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000377536(PQKBWorkID)10339011(PQKB)11047359(CaPaEBR)400761(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/xq9qs5(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400761(MiAaPQ)EBC3332548(DE-B1597)656795(DE-B1597)9780773567221(MiAaPQ)EBC3245494(EXLCZ)99244000000001359019980127d1998 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrThe picturesque and the sublime[electronic resource] a poetics of the Canadian landscape /Susan GlickmanMontreal [Que.] McGill-Queen's University Pressc19981 online resource (225 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-7735-1732-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Matter -- Contents -- Preface -- An Introductory Ramble through the Picturesque and the Sublime -- Canadian Prospects -- "After the Beauty of Terror the Beauty of Peace" -- The Waxing and Waning of Susanna Moodie's "Enthusiasm" -- "The Keen Stars' Conflicting Message" -- New Provinces? or, In Acadia, No Ego -- Song to the Rising Sun -- Notes -- IndexGlickman argues that early immigrants to Canada brought with them the expectation that nature would be grand, mysterious, awesome - even terrifying - and welcomed scenes that conformed to these notions of sublimity. She contends that to interpret their descriptions of nature as "negative," as so many critics have done, is a significant misunderstanding. Glickman provides close readings of several important works, including Susanna Moodie's "Enthusiasm," Charles G.D. Roberts's Ave, and Paulette Jiles's "Song to the Rising Sun," and explores the poems in the context of theories of nature and art. Instead of projecting backward from a modernist perspective, Glickman reads forward from the discovery of landscape as a legitimate artistic subject in seventeenth-century England and argues that picturesque modes of description, and a sublime aesthetic, have governed much of the representation of nature in this country.Canadian poetryHistory and criticismLandscape in literaturePicturesque, The, in literatureSublime, The, in literatureNature in literatureCanadian poetryHistory and criticism.Landscape in literature.Picturesque, The, in literature.Sublime, The, in literature.Nature in literature.811.009/3271Glickman Susan1953-1556052MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780762503321The picturesque and the sublime3818452UNINA