Survival a thematic guide to Canadian literature

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ISBN: 9781551995540 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1551995549 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xiv, 302 p.)
Publisher: Toronto : M & S, 2004, c1972.

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction / Margaret Atwood -- What, why, and where is here? -- How to use this book -- Survival -- Nature the monster -- Animal victims -- First people: Indians and Eskimos as symbols -- Ancestral totems: explorers, settlers -- Family potrait: masks of the bear -- Failed sacrifices: the reluctant immigrant -- The casual incident of death: futile heroes, unconvincing martyrs and other bad ends -- The paralyzed artist -- Ice women vs earth mothers: the stone angel and the absent Venus -- Quebec: burning mansions -- Jail-breaks and re-creations -- Sources of epigraphs -- Authors' index.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.