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__Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination__ begins with the premise, first suggested by Margaret Atwood in __The Animals in That Country__ (1968), that animals have occupied a peculiarly central position in the Canadian imagination. Unlike the longer-settled countries of Europe or the more densely-populated United States, in Canada animals have always been the loved and feared co-inhabitants of this harsh, beautiful land. From the realistic animal tales of Charles G. D. Roberts and Ernest Thompson Seton, to the urban animals of Marshall Saunders and Dennis Lee, to the lyrical observations of bird enthusiasts John James Audubon, Thomas McIlwraith, and Don McKay, animals have occupied a key place in Canadian literature, focusing central aspects of our environmental consciousness and cultural symbolism. __Other Selves__ explores how and what the animals in this country have meant through all genres and periods of Canadian writing, focusing sometimes on...

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Author

Fiamengo, Janice Anne

Publisher

ACP - University of Ottawa Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780776606453

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Nature, Literary Fiction