Prizing Literature : The Celebration & Circulation of National Culture /

Prizing Literature is the first extended study of contemporary award winning Canadian literature and the ways in which we celebrate its authors. Gillian Roberts uses theories of hospitality to examine how prize-winning authors are variously received and honoured depending on their citizenship and th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Roberts, Gillian, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2011
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Prix litteraires > Aspect social > Canada.
Nationalite dans la litterature.
Litterature canadienne-anglaise > 20e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature canadienne-anglaise > Auteurs issus des minorites > Histoire et critique.
Canadian literature (English) > 20th century > History and criticism.
Canadian literature (English) > Minority authors > History and criticism.
Citizenship in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Books & Reading.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Literary prizes > Social aspects > Canada.
Canada.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prizing Canadian literature
  • 'Sri Lankan poet, domiciled in Canada': Michael Ondaatje's territories, citizenships, and cosmopolitanisms
  • 'American not American': Carol Shields's border crossings and gendered citizenships
  • 'Bombay born, Canadian based banker': Rohinton Mistry's Hospitality at the threshold
  • 'Un Quebecois francophone ecrivant en anglais': Yann Martel's zoos, hospitals, and hotels
  • Conclusion, or discrepant Invitations.

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