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Archaeologies of an uncertain future : recent generations of Canadian women writing / Karen S. McPherson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McPherson, Karen S., 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canadian fiction--Women authors--History and criticism.
- Canadian fiction.
- Canadian fiction--20th century--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (324 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca, N.Y. : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Archaeologies of an Uncertain Future, McPherson explores the memory work, alternative historiographies, and feminist aesthetics by which women writers revisit the past and reimagine the future. Grounded within critical discourses across many discplines, McPherson's analysis engages contemporary discussions about autobiographical genres, post-modern historiographies, memoirs, and literary genealogies.
- Contents:
- The language of grief
- Memory works
- Precarious thresholds
- Thinking the future
- Today and tomorrow.
- Notes:
- Limited edition of 450 copies.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-288) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612850172
- 9780773577336
- 0773577335
- 9781282850170
- 1282850172
- 9780773560222
- 077356022X
- OCLC:
- 646788134
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