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The haunted wilderness : the gothic and grotesque in Canadian fiction /

By analysing a number of Canadian works of fiction from the nineteenth century to the present, Margot Northey demonstrates that Gothicism, in varying degrees and of various kinds, has been a continuing feature of our fiction.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Northey, Margot, 1940- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [1976]
Series:Heritage.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Early Gothic
  • Canadian prototype : Wacousta
  • Decorative Gothic : The golden dog
  • Towards the grotesque : Le chercheur de tresors
  • Gothic propaganda : For my country : Pour la patrie
  • Modern Gothic
  • Psychological gothic : Kamouraska
  • Sociological Gothic : Wild geese and Surfacing
  • Terrible grotesque : Mad shadows
  • Sportive grotesque : La guerre, yes sir!
  • Symbolic grotesque : The double hook
  • Satiric grotesque : Cocksure
  • Towards the mystical grotesque : Beautiful losers.