LEADER 04363nam 2200781 450 001 9910780573803321 005 20230912130630.0 010 $a1-281-99762-5 010 $a9786611997625 010 $a1-4426-7656-6 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442676565 035 $a(CKB)2420000000004149 035 $a(OCoLC)244767020 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10200896 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000301250 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11258629 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000301250 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10260716 035 $a(PQKB)10856707 035 $a(CaPaEBR)417699 035 $a(CaBNvSL)thg00600890 035 $a(DE-B1597)464599 035 $a(OCoLC)944178050 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442676565 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4671663 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257367 035 $a(OCoLC)815762121 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)musev2_104911 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/71dsv1 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/6/417699 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4671663 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3251341 035 $a(EXLCZ)992420000000004149 100 $a20160922h19971997 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLand sliding $eimagining space, presence, and power in Canadian writing /$fW. H. New 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1997. 210 4$dİ1997 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-7962-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLand-Forms: An Introduction -- 1. Landing: Literature, Contact, and the Natural World -- 2. Land-Office: Literature, Property, and Power -- 3. Landed: Literature and Region -- 4. Landscape: Literature, Language, Space, and Site. 330 8 $aW.H. New invites readers to look again at Canada's changing cultural character by rereading both the landscape and the people who have interpreted it. Land Sliding will have an important place in many disciplines, among them literary studies, geography, fine arts, and Canadian studies. 330 8 $aAsking what 'land' as an abstract concept and a physical site has to do with writing, representation, and power, New looks at the 'sliding' relationship by which people associate their surroundings with their position in society. New's study of land in literature is a commentary on the way a culture produces values by transforming the 'natural' into literary idiom and, in turn, making literary convention seem natural. Land Sliding develops not as a history of uniformity or progress, but as a series of dialogues between part and present, between paradigms and disciplines. It draws on a wide range of texts, including First Nations narratives, contemporary poetry and fiction, government documents, and real estate ads, as well as artwork and photographs, to illustrate the complex associations that link place, power, and language in Canada today. 330 $aWhy have so many of this century's prominent political and literary critics wanted to find a single metaphor to describe the character of Canada? Why have so many used land-based metaphors in reference to the divisions between centre and margin, colony and empire, wealth and power? W.H. New, in Land Sliding: Imagining Space, Presence, and Power in Canadian Writing, investigates this established paradigm by examining why so many writers have accepted the land as a comprehensive image of nationhood. Is there in fact, he questions, a landscape that is 'natural, ' unmediated by social values and literary representation? 606 $aCanadian literature$xHistory and criticism 606 $aLand use in literature 607 $aCanada$xIn literature 608 $aLivres numeriques. 608 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc. 608 $ae-books. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCanadian literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aLand use in literature. 676 $a810.9/971 700 $aNew$b W. H$g(William Herbert),$f1938-$01503015 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780573803321 996 $aLand sliding$93762502 997 $aUNINA