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National and Female Identity in Canadian Literature, 1965-1980 [electronic resource] : The Fiction of Margaret Laurence, Margaret Atwood, and Marian Engel
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gault, Cinda.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939- -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Engel, Marian--Criticism and interpretation.
- Laurence, Margaret--Criticism and interpretation.
- Women and literature--Canada--History--20th century.
- Women and literature.
- Laurence, Margaret.
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939---Criticism and interpretation.
- Atwood, Margaret.
- Engel, Marian.
- Local Subjects:
- Atwood, Margaret, 1939- -- Criticism and interpretation.
- Engel, Marian--Criticism and interpretation.
- Laurence, Margaret--Criticism and interpretation.
- Women and literature--Canada--History--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (330 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- National and Female Identity in Canadian Literature, 1965-1980
- Place of Publication:
- Lewiston : The Edwin Mellen Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book discusses how national identity is depicted among Female Canadian authors in the mid to late twentieth century. It shows the traversal of realism and idealism, ethnicity, gender, and the construction of community in several novels. She argues that most critics emphasize the romance aspects of the novels, particularly because these are women authors, and ignore or overlook the realist dimensions to the stories. Doing this often creates a certain stereotype about women authors, and female identity, that poses issues related to one's national identity. While in the 1960's-80's it was no
- Contents:
- Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Topical Table of Contents; Analytical Table of Contents; Abstract; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Grooving the Nation; Chapter 1 "Its different with you, but it's the same": Margaret Laurence and the Slipperiness of Inclusion; Chapter 2 "Good Christ, What Is It?": Margaret Atwood on the defensive; Chapter 3 "Thinking themselves halved when they are atomized": Marian Engel and resistance; Conclusion; Primary Documents; Works Consulted; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-7734-1121-6
- OCLC:
- 799769643
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