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Failure's opposite : listening to A.M. Klein /
An original look at an admired yet elusive Canadian writer.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés Francés Yiddish |
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Montréal [Qué.] :
McGill-Queen's University Press,
©2011
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | An original look at an admired yet elusive Canadian writer. A.M. Klein has remained an enduring but elusive presence in the Canadian literary consciousness since his death in 1972. Klein's legacy has been mixed, his literary achievement sometimes overshadowed by his reclusiveness and withdrawal from the literary world. Failure's Opposite presents a fresh perspective on Klein's reception and legacy, exploring why he has remained a compelling figure for critics and readers. His experimentalism drew upon strong traditions and fluency in several languages - English, French, Yiddish, and Hebrew - allowing him to develop a multilingual, modernist Jewish voice that is a touchstone for understanding Canada's multicultural identity. His struggle with the emotional and historical dimensions of diaspora is of considerable importance throughout his work and is investigated through the lenses of translation, voice, and his relationship to other Jewish writers. Contributors also re-evaluate Klein's connection to Montreal and the original ways in which he captured the atmosphere of his "jargoning city." Failure's Opposite reflects the many ways A.M. Klein is being remade, refashioned, and reconstructed in the twenty-first century, both as a bridge to the past and a model for contemporary critical and creative work in Canadian literature |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vi, 267 pages) : illustrations, portraits, digital file |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-259) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780773586642 0773586644 1283529203 9781283529204 9786613841650 661384165X |