The Picturesque and the Sublime: A Poetics of the Canadian LandscapeMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1998 M07 16 - 225 páginas 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," Charles G.D. Roberts's Ave, and Paulette Jiles's "Song to the Rising Sun," and explores the poems in the context of theories of nature and art. Instead of projecting backward from a modernist perspective, Glickman reads forward from the discovery of landscape as a legitimate artistic subject in seventeenth-century England and argues that picturesque modes of description, and a sublime aesthetic, have governed much of the representation of nature in this country. |
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... traditions of the sublime and the picturesque . some - Glickman argues that early immigrants to Canada brought with them the expectation that nature would be grand , mysterious , awe- even terrifying - and welcomed scenes that conformed ...
... traditions of the sublime and the picturesque . some - Glickman argues that early immigrants to Canada brought with them the expectation that nature would be grand , mysterious , awe- even terrifying - and welcomed scenes that conformed ...
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... traditional forms , imagery emphasizing the fearful , mysterious , or impersonal qualities of nature , and , according to some critics , the English language itself , was evidence of this blinkered and inade- quate framework . In this ...
... traditional forms , imagery emphasizing the fearful , mysterious , or impersonal qualities of nature , and , according to some critics , the English language itself , was evidence of this blinkered and inade- quate framework . In this ...
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... traditional Euro- pean poetics while discovering a new language of description - illus- trate Donna Bennett's observation that " English - speaking Canadians originally conceived of their literary project as one of maintaining British ...
... traditional Euro- pean poetics while discovering a new language of description - illus- trate Donna Bennett's observation that " English - speaking Canadians originally conceived of their literary project as one of maintaining British ...
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... tradition to displace tradition . " But part of growing up is forgiving one's parents , and more recently historical approaches and those emphasizing intertextuality have gained acceptance . For example , essential work in bibliography ...
... tradition to displace tradition . " But part of growing up is forgiving one's parents , and more recently historical approaches and those emphasizing intertextuality have gained acceptance . For example , essential work in bibliography ...
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... traditional categories , could be applied so rigidly as to suppress gen- uine appreciation by substituting yet another set of preconceptions . An instructive character in this regard is William Combe . In 1790 he edited John Meares ...
... traditional categories , could be applied so rigidly as to suppress gen- uine appreciation by substituting yet another set of preconceptions . An instructive character in this regard is William Combe . In 1790 he edited John Meares ...
Contenido
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Abrams Plain and Quebec Hill in Context | 20 |
Notes on the Canadian Sublime | 38 |
The Waxing and Waning of Susanna Moodies Enthusiasm | 60 |
Wordsworth Shelley and Charles GD Roberts Ave | 81 |
New Provinces? or In Acadia No Ego | 103 |
Song to the Rising Sun | 128 |
Notes | 155 |
Index | 207 |
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The Picturesque and the Sublime: A Poetics of the Canadian Landscape Susan Glickman Vista previa limitada - 2000 |
The Picturesque and the Sublime: A Poetics of the Canadian Landscape Susan Glickman Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
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