Margaret Laurence's Epic Imagination Paperback / softback
by Paul Comeau
Part of the Currents series
Paperback / softback
Description
Margaret Laurence instinctively turned to the epic mode to create archetypal narratives of loss, exile, and redemption.
Drawing on the Bible, Dante, and Milton, Laurence absorbed the epic structure and populated it with the Manawaka world of Hagar Shipley, Rachel Cameron, Stacey MacAindra, and Morag Gunn.
Paul Comeau traces the development of Margaret Laurence's voice from its tentative beginnings in her African fiction to its culmination in the Manawaka Cycle.
According to Comeau, Laurence's ability to illustrate the epic dimension in her characters' strengths and weaknesses has ensured her a lasting place among great Canadian writers.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of Alberta Press
- Publication Date:23/12/2005
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- ISBN:9780888644510
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:208 pages
- Publisher:University of Alberta Press
- Publication Date:23/12/2005
- Category:
- ISBN:9780888644510
