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Selby, Sharon

 
9780786497522: Memory and Identity in Canadian Fiction: Self-Inventive Storytelling in the Works of Five Authors
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786497521 ISBN 13 : 9780786497522
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2018

Synopsis

Covering the works of Canadian authors Alistair Macleod, Michael Ondaatje, Jane Urquhart, Margaret Atwood and Drew Hayden Taylor, the author explores how the themes of memory, storytelling and identity develop in their fiction. For the narrative voices in these works, the past is embedded in the present and a wider cultural history is written over with personal significance. The act of storytelling shapes the characters' lives, letting them rewrite the past and be haunted by it. Storytelling becomes an existential act of everyday connection among ordinary people and daily (often unrecognized) acts of heroism.

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À propos de l'auteur

Sharon Selby is a professor of literature and writing at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786497521
ISBN 13 
9780786497522
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
210
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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