Rewriting Apocalypse in Contemporary Canadian Fiction is the first book to explore the literary, psychological, political, and cultural repercussions of the apocalypse in the fiction of Timothy Finley, Michael Ondaatje, Margaret Atwood, Thomas King, and Joy Kogawa. While writers from diverse nations have adopted and adapted the biblical narrative, these Canadian authors introduce particular twists to the familiar myth of the end. Goldman demonstrates that they share a marked concern with purgation of the non-elect, the loss experienced by the non-elect, and the traumatic impact of apocalyptic violence. She also analyzes Canadian apocalyptic accounts as crisis literature written in the context of the Cold War - written against the fear of total destruction.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [191]-201
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C813/.5409
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Includes index Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 9780773572942 0773529047
- LCCN
- PR9192.6.A66
- LCCN Item number
- G65 2005eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (x, 214 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00207816 (OCoLC)191819021 (CaOOCEL)407624
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgments 10
- Introduction 14
- 1 The End(s) of Myth: Apocalyptic and Prophetic Fictions in Headhunter 40
- 2 Allegories of Ruin and Redemption: Michael Ondaatje's The English Patient 64
- 3 Margaret Atwood's "Hairball": Apocalyptic Cannibal Fiction 94
- 4 Mapping and Dreaming: Resisting Apocalypse in Green Grass, Running Water 112
- 5 Broken Letters: Obasan as Traumatic Apocalyptic Testimony 139
- Conclusion: Adrift after the Apocalypse 172
- Notes 180
- Bibliography 202
- Index 214
- A 214
- B 215
- C 216
- D 216
- E 216
- F 217
- G 218
- H 218
- I 219
- J 220
- K 220
- L 221
- M 221
- N 221
- O 222
- P 222
- R 223
- S 223
- T 224
- U 224
- V 224
- W 224
- Y 225
