Gained Ground: Perspectives on Canadian and Comparative North American Studies

doi:10.1017/9781787443921

Compares the cultural productions of Canada and the US - literature, but also film, opera, and even theme parks - providing a reassessment of Canadian Studies within a comparative framework.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv
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Contents
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Preface and Acknowledgments
pp vii-viii
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Introduction
pp 1-16
- By Eva Gruber, Caroline Rosenthal
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Part I - The Genesis of Canadian and Comparative North American Studies
pp 17-18
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Mapping North America: Comparative North American Literature and Its Contexts
pp 19-40
- By Bettina MacK
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The Scottish Invention of Canadian Literature? John Buchan in Canada
pp 41-54
- By Silvia Mergenthal
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Part II - Comparative North American Studies: Literary Case Studies
pp 55-56
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“Poetics of the Potent”: Yann Martel's Life of Pi, Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, and Modes of Transcreation
pp 57-75
- By Jutta Ernst
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“Wanting to Light out for Tender Tenantless Territories”: Reading Landscape in Robert Kroetsch's The Hornbooks of Rita K (2001) and Mark Anthony Jarman's 19 Knives (2000)
pp 76-92
- By Claire Omhovère
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“Landscape–of–the–Heart”: Transgenerational Memory and Relationality in Roy Kiyooka's Mothertalk: Life Stories of Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka
pp 93-107
- By Katja Sarkowsky
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Performing Shame: Theatrical Motifs in the Works of Alice Munro and Alison Bechdel
pp 108-132
- By Marlene Goldman
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Timothy Findley's “Stones”: Names, Symbols, and Stories
pp 133-146
- By Sherrill Grace
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Part III - Comparative North American Studies beyond Print
pp 147-148
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Comparative North American Opera: Individualism and National Identity
pp 149-160
- By Michael, Linda Hutcheon
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“Who Really Lives There?”: (Meta–)Tourism and the Canada Pavilion at Epcot
pp 161-178
- By Florian Freitag
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Contact Prints: Reading Margaret Atwood's The Door and the MaddAddam Trilogy through the Lens of Photography
pp 179-192
- By Julia Breitbach
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Cup–idity, or Poetic Larceny in Transatlantic Contexts: Margaret Atwood's “Stealing the Hummingbird Cup”
pp 193-208
- By Shuli Barzilai
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Part IV - Coda: Reingard Nischik and Transatlantic Canadian Criticism
pp 209-210
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Across the “Ocean of the Page”: Nischik and Kroetsch Gaining Ground
pp 211-222
- By Aritha van Herk
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Reingard, Queen of the Night
pp 223-224
- By Margaret Atwood
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Photo Log: 30 Years of Working in Canadian Criticism in Pictures
pp 225-230
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Index
pp 231-243
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-vi

Preface and Acknowledgments
pp vii-viii

Introduction
pp 1-16

Part I - The Genesis of Canadian and Comparative North American Studies
pp 17-18

Mapping North America: Comparative North American Literature and Its Contexts
pp 19-40

The Scottish Invention of Canadian Literature? John Buchan in Canada
pp 41-54

Part II - Comparative North American Studies: Literary Case Studies
pp 55-56

“Poetics of the Potent”: Yann Martel's Life of Pi, Edgar Allan Poe's The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, and Modes of Transcreation
pp 57-75

“Wanting to Light out for Tender Tenantless Territories”: Reading Landscape in Robert Kroetsch's The Hornbooks of Rita K (2001) and Mark Anthony Jarman's 19 Knives (2000)
pp 76-92

“Landscape–of–the–Heart”: Transgenerational Memory and Relationality in Roy Kiyooka's Mothertalk: Life Stories of Mary Kiyoshi Kiyooka
pp 93-107

Performing Shame: Theatrical Motifs in the Works of Alice Munro and Alison Bechdel
pp 108-132

Timothy Findley's “Stones”: Names, Symbols, and Stories
pp 133-146

Part III - Comparative North American Studies beyond Print
pp 147-148

Comparative North American Opera: Individualism and National Identity
pp 149-160

“Who Really Lives There?”: (Meta–)Tourism and the Canada Pavilion at Epcot
pp 161-178

Contact Prints: Reading Margaret Atwood's The Door and the MaddAddam Trilogy through the Lens of Photography
pp 179-192

Cup–idity, or Poetic Larceny in Transatlantic Contexts: Margaret Atwood's “Stealing the Hummingbird Cup”
pp 193-208

Part IV - Coda: Reingard Nischik and Transatlantic Canadian Criticism
pp 209-210

Across the “Ocean of the Page”: Nischik and Kroetsch Gaining Ground
pp 211-222

Reingard, Queen of the Night
pp 223-224

Photo Log: 30 Years of Working in Canadian Criticism in Pictures
pp 225-230

Index
pp 231-243

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