Medievalism in English Canadian Literature: From Richardson to Atwood Contributor(s): Toswell, M. J. (Editor), Czarnowus, Anna (Editor), Klis-Brodowska, Agnieszka (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1843845474 ISBN-13: 9781843845478 Publisher: Boydell & Brewer OUR PRICE: $99.75 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Medieval - Social Science | Popular Culture - Literary Criticism | American - General |
Dewey: 810.997 |
LCCN: 2020288629 |
Series: Medievalism |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.07 lbs) 218 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The essays in this volume consider what is original and distinctive about the manifestation of medievalism in Canadan literature and its origins and its subsequent growth and development: from the first novel published in Canada written by a Canadian-born author, Julia Beckwith Hart's St Ursula's Convent (1824), to the recent work of the best-selling novelist Patrick DeWitt (Undermajordomo Minor, published in 2015). Topics addressed include the strong strain of medievalist fantasy itself in the work of the young-adult author Kit Pearson, and the longer novels of Charles de Lint, Steven Erikson, and Guy Gavriel Kay; the medievalist inclinations of Archibald Lampman and W.W. Campbell, well-known nineteenth-century Canadian poets; and the often-studied Wacousta by John Richardson, first published in 1832. Chapters also cover early Canadian periodicals' engagement with orientalist medievalism; and works by twentieth-century writers such as the irrepressible Earle Birney, the witty and intellectual Robertson Davies, and the fascinating and learned Margaret Atwood. |