Survival : a thematic guide to Canadian literature

Atwood, Margaret 1939- (Author).

Summary: When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. -- Review from Reviews & More.

Record details

ISBN: 9781770892521
Physical Description: xxxviii, 288 p. ; 22 cm.
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Publisher: Toronto: A LIST, 2012.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Preface -- What, Why, and Where Is Here? -- How to Use This Book -- I. SURVIVAL -- 2. NATURE THE MONSTER -- 3. ANIMAL VICTIMS -- 4. "FIRST NATIONS": "FIRST NATIONS" as Symbols -- 5. ANCESTRAL TOTEMS: Explors, Settlers -- 6. FAMILY PORTRAIT: MASKS OF THE BEAR -- 7. Failed SACRIFICES: The Reluctant Immigrant -- 8. THE CASUAL INCIDENT OF DEATH: Futile Heroes, Unconvincing Martyrs and Other Bad Ends -- 9. THE PARALYZED ARTIST -- 10. ICE WOMEN VS EARTH MOTHERS: The Stone Angel and the Absent Venus -- 11. QUEBEC: BURNING MANSIONS -- 12. JAIL-BREAKERS AND RE-CREATIONS -- Sources of Epigraphs -- Authors' Index

Additional Physical Form available Note:

Issued also in an electronic format.