Reflections - Autobiography and Canadian Literature

Klappentext This volume discusses the autobiographical inclination in Canadian literature, exploring works by such writers as Alice Munro, W.O. Mitchell, Michael Ondaatje, John Glassco, and Susanna Moodie. Others works, including the oral memoirs of a Métis, an Inuit's account as being civil servant in Ottawa, and the autobiographical writings of pioneer women and French missionaries are examined to show the depth and breadth of this tradition in Canada. These texts act as starting points for an indepth look at the relationships between autobiography, biography and fiction in Canadian literature. Zusammenfassung Discusses the autobiographical inclination in Canadian literature. This title examines others works! including the oral memoirs of a Metis! an Inuit's account as being civil servant in Ottawa! and the autobiographical writings of pioneer women and French missionaries to show the depth and breadth of this tradition in Canada.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: K. P. Stich, K.p. Stich
• Mitarbeit: K P Stich (Herausgeber), K. P. Stich (Herausgeber), K.p. Stich (Herausgeber), University of Ottawa Press (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Of Ottawa Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 01.01.1988
• EAN: 9780776601953
• ISBN: 978-0-7766-0195-3
• Seiten: 192
• Serien: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers; Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
• Thema: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur