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- catalog abstract ""Strange Things explores a part of the imaginative landscape of one of the most esteemed and popular of contemporary writers, Margaret Atwood." "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 for the exploration of contemporary themes of gender, the family, and sexuality. Writers discussed include Robert Service, Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, E.J. Pratt, Marian Engel, Margaret Laurence, and Gwendolyn MacEwan."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b8184303.
- catalog coverage "Canada, Northern In literature.".
- catalog coverage "England Oxford.".
- catalog created "1995.".
- catalog date "1995".
- catalog date "1995.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1995.".
- catalog description ""Strange Things explores a part of the imaginative landscape of one of the most esteemed and popular of contemporary writers, Margaret Atwood." "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 for the exploration of contemporary themes of gender, the family, and sexuality. Writers discussed include Robert Service, Robertson Davies, Alice Munro, E.J. Pratt, Marian Engel, Margaret Laurence, and Gwendolyn MacEwan."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew -- The grey owl syndrome -- Eyes of blood, heart of ice: the wendigo -- Linoleum caves.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "vii, 126 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Strange things.".
- catalog identifier "0198119763".
- catalog isFormatOf "Strange things.".
- catalog isPartOf "Clarendon lectures in English literature ; 1991".
- catalog issued "1995".
- catalog issued "1995.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Oxford: Clarendon Press ; New York : Clarendon Press,".
- catalog relation "Strange things.".
- catalog spatial "Canada, Northern In literature.".
- catalog spatial "Canada.".
- catalog spatial "England Oxford.".
- catalog subject "813.009/971 20".
- catalog subject "Canada, Northern, in literature.".
- catalog subject "Canadian literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Evil in literature.".
- catalog subject "Gothic revival (Literature) Canada.".
- catalog subject "Horror tales, Canadian History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Myth in literature.".
- catalog subject "National characteristics, Canadian, in literature.".
- catalog subject "Nature in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR9185.2 .A95 1995".
- catalog subject "Wilderness areas in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Concerning Franklin and his gallant crew -- The grey owl syndrome -- Eyes of blood, heart of ice: the wendigo -- Linoleum caves.".
- catalog title "Strange things : the malevolent North in Canadian literature / Margaret Atwood.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".