ATWOOD, MARGARET ELEANOR

Strange Things the Malevolent North in Canadian Literature

Clarendon Press, 1995. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. ISBN: 0198119763. First Edition, First Printing ( Number Line) . Black Hardcovers in Fine+ condition. An unclipped DJ in Fine condition. ""Atwood's witty and informative book focuses on the imaginative mystique of the wilderness of the Canadian North. She discusses the 'Grey Owl Syndrome' of white writers going native; the folklore arising from the mysterious - and disastrousFranklin expedition of the nineteenth century; the myth of the dreaded snow monster, the Wendigo; the relations between nature writing and new forms of Gothic; and how a fresh generation of women writers in Canada have adapted the imagery of the Canadian North"; 5.75 X 0.75 X 9.25 inches; 126 pages. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26886

Catalogue: Canada, Literature, Authors, Essays, Mythology

Keywords: 0198119763 Canadian North Essays Good and Evil Mythology Canadiana Horror Canada Literature Mythology / Folklore Authors