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- catalog abstract "Why have so many of this century's prominent political and literary critics wanted to find a single metaphor to describe the character of Canada? Why have so many used land-based metaphors in reference to the divisions between centre and margin, colony and empire, wealth and power? W. H. New, in Land Sliding: Imagining Space, Presence, and Power in Canadian Writing, investigates this established paradigm by examining why so many writers have accepted the land as a comprehensive image of nationhood. Is there in fact, he questions, a landscape that is 'natural,' unmediated by social values and literary representation? Asking what 'land' as an abstract concept and a physical site has to do with writing, representation, and power, New looks at the 'sliding' relationship by which people associate their surroundings with their position in society. New's study of land in literature is a commentary on the way a culture produces values by transforming the 'natural' into literary idiom and, in turn, making literary convention seem natural. Land Sliding develops not as a history of uniformity or progress, but as a series of dialogues between part and present, between paradigms and disciplines. It draws on a wide range of texts, including First Nations narratives, contemporary poetry and fiction, government documents, and real estate ads, as well as artwork and photographs, to illustrate the complex associations that link place, power, and language in Canada today. W. H. New invites readers to look again at Canada's changing cultural character by rereading both the landscape and the people who have interpreted it. Land Sliding will have an important place in many disciplines, among them literary studies, geography, fine arts, and Canadian studies.".
- catalog contributor b10285903.
- catalog coverage "Canada In literature.".
- catalog created "1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1997.".
- catalog description "Asking what 'land' as an abstract concept and a physical site has to do with writing, representation, and power, New looks at the 'sliding' relationship by which people associate their surroundings with their position in society. New's study of land in literature is a commentary on the way a culture produces values by transforming the 'natural' into literary idiom and, in turn, making literary convention seem natural. Land Sliding develops not as a history of uniformity or progress, but as a series of dialogues between part and present, between paradigms and disciplines. It draws on a wide range of texts, including First Nations narratives, contemporary poetry and fiction, government documents, and real estate ads, as well as artwork and photographs, to illustrate the complex associations that link place, power, and language in Canada today.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Land-Forms: An Introduction -- 1. Landing: Literature, Contact, and the Natural World -- 2. Land-Office: Literature, Property, and Power -- 3. Landed: Literature and Region -- 4. Landscape: Literature, Language, Space, and Site.".
- catalog description "W. H. New invites readers to look again at Canada's changing cultural character by rereading both the landscape and the people who have interpreted it. Land Sliding will have an important place in many disciplines, among them literary studies, geography, fine arts, and Canadian studies.".
- catalog description "Why have so many of this century's prominent political and literary critics wanted to find a single metaphor to describe the character of Canada? Why have so many used land-based metaphors in reference to the divisions between centre and margin, colony and empire, wealth and power? W. H. New, in Land Sliding: Imagining Space, Presence, and Power in Canadian Writing, investigates this established paradigm by examining why so many writers have accepted the land as a comprehensive image of nationhood. Is there in fact, he questions, a landscape that is 'natural,' unmediated by social values and literary representation?".
- catalog extent "278 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Land sliding.".
- catalog identifier "0802041191 (bound)".
- catalog identifier "0802079628 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Land sliding.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,".
- catalog relation "Land sliding.".
- catalog spatial "Canada In literature.".
- catalog subject "810.9/971 21".
- catalog subject "Canadian literature History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Land use in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR9185.5.L35 N48 1997".
- catalog subject "PR9185.5.L35 N48 1997X".
- catalog tableOfContents "Land-Forms: An Introduction -- 1. Landing: Literature, Contact, and the Natural World -- 2. Land-Office: Literature, Property, and Power -- 3. Landed: Literature and Region -- 4. Landscape: Literature, Language, Space, and Site.".
- catalog title "Land sliding : imagining space, presence, and power in Canadian writing / W.H. New.".
- catalog type "text".