Canadian gothic : literature, history, and the spectre of self-invention / / Cynthia Sugars ; typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt
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Sugars Cynthia Conchita <1963->
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| Titolo: |
Canadian gothic : literature, history, and the spectre of self-invention / / Cynthia Sugars ; typeset in Wales by Eira Fenn Gaunt
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| Pubblicazione: | Cardiff, Wales : , : University of Wales Press, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 813.0872908971 |
| Soggetto topico: | Gothic revival (Literature) - Canada |
| Canadian literature - History and criticism | |
| Altri autori: |
GauntEira Fenn
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Acknowledgements; Introduction:Settled Unsettlement; or, Familiarizing the Uncanny; 1 Here There Be Monsters: Wilderness Gothic and Psychic Projection; 2 Haunted by a Lack of Ghosts: Gothic Absence and Settler Melancholy; 3 French-Canadian Gothic: Excess as Emplacement; 4 Local Familiars: Gothic Infusion and Settler Indigenization; 5 Playing fort da with History: Settler Postcolonial Gothic; 6 Strangers Within: Unsettling the Canadian Gothic; 7 Indigenous Ghost-Dancing: At Home on Native Land; Conclusion: The Spectre of Self-Invention; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Back Cover |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Focusing on the ways that Canadian writers turned to the Gothic for its vitalising rather than unsettling potential, this volume offers an important reconsideration of the Gothic legacy in Canada. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Canadian gothic |
| ISBN: | 1-78316-000-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789398003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Gothic literary studies.