Book by Kertzer Jonathan
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How can a national literature in English-Canada be possible if Canadians cannot agree on who we are? This is the central question that Jonathan Kertzer 'worries' over in his book, Worrying the Nation: Imagining a National Literature in English Canada. The book is a critical fretting over the possibility of a national literature when the very idea of the nation as a viable conceptual/literary category has been called into question. Kertzer begins the book with survey of three competing discourses - literature, nation, and history - and how they converge and diverge. He then examines Herder's and Hegel's legacy of romantic historicism as it has affected Canadian literature. To illustrate his worry over national literature, he presents an analysis of some flawed attempts at poetic nation-building, specifically in Oliver Goldsmith's The Rising Village, E.J. Pratt's Towards the Last Spike, and Dennis Lee's Civil Elegies. In addition to these examples, Kertzer shows that alternative models of sociability are presented in the recent fiction of Joy Kogawa and Daphne Marlatt. Worrying the Nation is very much a tract for these turbulent times. Jonathan Kertzer has produced a highly sophisticated analysis of Canadian literary writing and its role in national culture.
'Worrying the Nation is a deeply thoughtful, theoretically rich, and brilliantly illuminating meditation on what Goldwin Smith called "Canada and the Canadian Question." It is a major contribution not only to Canadian literary studies, but also to the history of ideas in Canada, and it is all the more welcome and admirable for presenting its arguments and analyses in a style that is crisp and accessible.'
'Jonathan Kertzer performs the many roles of worrier, from worrywart to one who tugs at and shakes an opponent to one who tests, realigns, continually makes adjustments; he comes up with a reading of nation and literature that is both lucid and fluid. And for anyone worried about the future of Canadian writing, he offers worry beads of the finest crafting.'
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Librería: RPL Library Store, Rochester, NY, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. VERY GOOD / DUST JACKET VERY GOOD. Former library book. xi, 243 pp. Other than typical library treatments, book is almost untouched. Pages completely clean and undamaged. Boards covered with black fabric; bright gilt titling on spine, no bumps or signs of wear on any edges. Black paper jacket with full color illustration (historical poster), blue and red titling, tan fields. Dust jacket encased in library mylar sleeve; some evidence of shelfwear/rubbing which is likely just on the protective sleeve (sleeve appears to have been applied when book was acquired). Nº de ref. del artículo: 035778
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Librería: Better World Books, Mishawaka, IN, Estados Unidos de America
Condición: Very Good. 74th Revised edition. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Nº de ref. del artículo: GRP82183075
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Librería: Priceless Books, Urbana, IL, Estados Unidos de America
Hb. Condición: VG. Estado de la sobrecubierta: VG-. 243pp. Index. Light wear, DJ: rubbing, wear extremities. Nº de ref. del artículo: 218939
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Librería: Ken Jackson, Calgary, AB, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. First edition hardcover in dust jacket. 243 pp. Notes, list of works cited, index. Fine/Fine. Nº de ref. del artículo: 253816
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Librería: Dorley House Books, Inc., Hagerstown, MD, Estados Unidos de America
Hardcover. Condición: Near Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Near Fine. 1st. First Edition, First Printing; 243 clean, unmarked pages/Notes, works cited, index; owner's insc. Nº de ref. del artículo: 000747
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Librería: J.C. Bell, Lunenburg, NS, Canada
Hardcover. Condición: Very Good +. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good +. 243 pp, notes, biblio, index; few very light pencil notations/marks in text. Nº de ref. del artículo: 201-20
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Librería: dsmbooks, Liverpool, Reino Unido
Hardcover. Condición: New. New. book. Nº de ref. del artículo: D8S0-3-M-0802043038-6
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