The Haunted Wilderness: The Gothic and Grotesque in Canadian Fiction - Paperback

The Haunted Wilderness: The Gothic and Grotesque in Canadian Fiction - Paperback

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The Haunted Wilderness: The Gothic and Grotesque in Canadian Fiction - Paperback

The Haunted Wilderness: The Gothic and Grotesque in Canadian Fiction - Paperback

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by Margot Northey (Author)

Gothic elements in English-Canadian fiction have generally been regarded as idiosyncratic outcroppings, or, in French-Canadian novels, as a temporary phenomenon rather than as part of a recurring Canadian pattern. By analysing a number of Canadian works of fiction from the nineteenth century to the present, Margot Northey demonstrates that Gothicism, in varying degrees and of various kinds, has been a continuing feature of our fiction. She uses 'gothic' to refer to a subjective view of the dark side of life, seen through the distorting mirror of the self with its submerged levels of psychic and spiritual experiences. The gothic is essentially symbolic in its approach and its mood is pre-eminently one of terror or horror. 'Grotesque, ' frequently used in conjunction with 'gothic, ' is take as an aesthetic term, referring to a mode of writing emphasizing incongruity, disorder, and deformity. It arises from the juxtaposition or clash of the ideal with the real, the psychic with the physical, or the concrete with the symbolic. Detailed treatment is given to a limited number of works, some from the nineteenth century, some from the twentieth, and the focus is on varieties of gothic and grotesque fiction rather than on specific authors. The Haunted Wilderness is a fascinating and original contribution to Canadian comparative studies and to genre-oriented criticism.

Author Biography

MARGOT NORTHEY is a member of the faculty in Interdisciplinary Studies and English at Erindale College, University of Toronto.

Number of Pages: 140
Dimensions: 0.3 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN
Publication Date: December 15, 1976

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