The Picturesque and the Sublime: A Poetics of the Canadian Landscape
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Glickman argues that early immigrants to Canada brought with them the expectation that nature would be grand, mysterious, awesome - even terrifying - and welcomed scenes that conformed to these notions of sublimity. She contends that to interpret their descriptions of nature as "negative," as so many critics have done, is a significant misunderstanding. Glickman provides close readings of several important works, including Susanna Moodie's "Enthusiasm,"...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0773521356
ISBN13:9780773521353
Release Date:January 2000
Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
Length:212 Pages
Weight:0.73 lbs.
Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"
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