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- catalog abstract ""The Picturesque and the Sublime is a cultural history of two hundred years of nature writing in Canada, from eighteenth-century prospect poems to contemporary encounters with landscape. Arguing against the received wisdom (made popular by Northrop Frye and Margaret Atwood) that Canadian writers view nature as hostile, Susan Glickman places Canadian literature in the English and European traditions of the sublime and the picturesque." "Glickman argues that early immigrants to Canada brought with them the expectation that nature would be grand, mysterious, awesome - even terrifying - and welcomed scenes that conformed to these notions of sublimity. She contends that to interpret their descriptions of nature as "negative," as so many critics have done, is a significant misunderstanding. Glickman provides close readings of several important works, including Susanna Moodie's "Enthusiasm," Charles G.D. Roberts's Ave, and Paulette Jiles's "Song to the Rising Sun," and explores the poems in the context of theories of nature and art."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Picturesque & the sublime".
- catalog contributor b10712472.
- catalog created "c1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "c1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1998.".
- catalog description ""The Picturesque and the Sublime is a cultural history of two hundred years of nature writing in Canada, from eighteenth-century prospect poems to contemporary encounters with landscape. Arguing against the received wisdom (made popular by Northrop Frye and Margaret Atwood) that Canadian writers view nature as hostile, Susan Glickman places Canadian literature in the English and European traditions of the sublime and the picturesque." "Glickman argues that early immigrants to Canada brought with them the expectation that nature would be grand, mysterious, awesome - even terrifying - and welcomed scenes that conformed to these notions of sublimity. She contends that to interpret their descriptions of nature as "negative," as so many critics have done, is a significant misunderstanding. Glickman provides close readings of several important works, including Susanna Moodie's "Enthusiasm," Charles G.D. Roberts's Ave, and Paulette Jiles's "Song to the Rising Sun," and explores the poems in the context of theories of nature and art."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "An introductory ramble through the picturesque and the sublime -- Candian prospects: Abram's Plain and Quebec Hill in context -- "After the beauty of terror the beauty of peace" : notes on the Canadian sublime -- The waxing and waning of Susanna Moodie's "Enthusiasm" -- "The keen stars' conflicting message" : Wordsworth, Shelley, and Charles G.D. Roberts' ave -- New provinces?, or, in Acadia, no ego -- Song to the rising sun.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-206) and index.".
- catalog extent "xi, 212 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0773517324 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "c1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press,".
- catalog subject "811.009/971 21".
- catalog subject "Canadian poetry History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Landscapes in literature.".
- catalog subject "Nature in literature.".
- catalog subject "PR9190.L35 G58 1998".
- catalog subject "Picturesque, The, in literature.".
- catalog subject "Sublime, The, in literature.".
- catalog tableOfContents "An introductory ramble through the picturesque and the sublime -- Candian prospects: Abram's Plain and Quebec Hill in context -- "After the beauty of terror the beauty of peace" : notes on the Canadian sublime -- The waxing and waning of Susanna Moodie's "Enthusiasm" -- "The keen stars' conflicting message" : Wordsworth, Shelley, and Charles G.D. Roberts' ave -- New provinces?, or, in Acadia, no ego -- Song to the rising sun.".
- catalog title "Picturesque & the sublime".
- catalog title "The picturesque and the sublime : a poetics of the Canadian landscape / Susan Glickman.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "text".