Other selves : animals in the Canadian literary imagination / edited by Janice Fiamengo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fiamengo, Janice Anne, 1964-

Series:

Re-appraisals, Canadian writers ; 31.

Reapraisals : Canadian writers, 1189-6787 ; . 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animals in literature.

Human-animal relationships in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (366 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination begins with the premise, first suggested by Margaret Atwood in The Animals in That Country (1968), that animals have occupied a peculiarly central position in the Canadian imagination. Unlike the longer-settled countries of Europe or the more densely-populated United States, in Canada animals have always been the loved and feared co-inhabitants of this harsh, beautiful land. From the realistic animal tales of Charles G. D. Roberts and Ernest Thompson Seton, to the urban animals of Marshall Saunders and Dennis Lee, to

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; ""The Animals in This Country"": Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination; Part I. Reading Strategies for Animal Writing; Part II. Animal Writers; Part III. The Polities of Animal Representation; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69058-5

9786613667526

0-7766-1770-2

OCLC:

627218915