Rewriting Apocalypse in Canadian Fiction
ISBN: 9780773572942
Platform/Publisher: Ebook Central / McGill-Queen''s University Press
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Subjects: Literature;

Traditional apocalyptic narratives highlight the drama of a chosen elect. Contemporary Canadian fiction, however, typically portrays the apocalypse from the perspective of marginalized individuals barred from Paradise, creating a distinctly anti-apocalyptic discourse. Marlene Goldman traces the history of the apocalyptic literary tradition and its key motifs in close readings of Canadian works that challenge rather than embrace apocalypse's key features.

Marlene Goldman is professor of English, University of Toronto at Scarborough. She is the author of Paths of Desire: Images of Exploration and Mapping in Canadian Women's Writing.

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