Strange Things: The Malevolent North in Canadian Literature by Atwood, Margaret - 1995

Strange Things explores a part of the imaginative landscape of one of the most esteemed and popular of contemporary writers, Atwood's witty and informative book focuses on the imaginative mystique of the wilderness of the CanadianNorth. She discussed the "Grey Owl Syndrome of white writers going native; the folklore arising from the mysterious- and disastrous-Franklin expedition of the nineteenth century; the myth of the reader snow monster, the Wendigo; the relations between nature wring and new forms of Gothic; and how a fresh generation of women writers in Canada have adapted the imagery of the /canadian North for the exploration of contemporary themes of gender, the family, and sexuality...

Oxford University Press, 1997. Paperback. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Oxford University Press, 1997 Book. Very Good+. Soft cover. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Minor shelf wear. Otherwise a square, tight, unmarked book. Index. vii, 126 pp. .