Land Sliding : Imagining Space, Presence, and Power in Canadian Writing.
New, W. H.
Land Sliding : Imagining Space, Presence, and Power in Canadian Writing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SOURCES AND PERMISSIONS -- 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 -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
New discusses the ways in which Canadian writing, through images of land and space, expresses various assumptions about social values. In addition to wide range of literary texts, he also draws upon geography, the social sciences, and the visual arts.
9781442676565
Canadian literature-History and criticism.
Land use in literature.
Canada-In literature.
Electronic books.
PR9185.5.L35.N49 1997
810.9/971
Land Sliding : Imagining Space, Presence, and Power in Canadian Writing. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (297 pages)
Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF PLATES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- SOURCES AND PERMISSIONS -- 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 -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
New discusses the ways in which Canadian writing, through images of land and space, expresses various assumptions about social values. In addition to wide range of literary texts, he also draws upon geography, the social sciences, and the visual arts.
9781442676565
Canadian literature-History and criticism.
Land use in literature.
Canada-In literature.
Electronic books.
PR9185.5.L35.N49 1997
810.9/971