Isbn: 9780802052308 - butterfly on rock: study of themes and images in canadian literature (7 resultados)

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. Second printing. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD ; no wear, very clean. Binding tight. Bookplate and PO's name inked out. DJ is VERY GOOD ; clipped, some tiny stains, small tears. Lit. Stax.

Soft cover. Condición: Fair. Library stickers on the spine and back cover, edgewear, creasing of the covers and spine, slight discolouration of the covers, library pocket on the inside back cover and stamp ink on the top page edges and inside front cover otherwise a fine tight copy.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Ex-library book with the usual stamps and markings. Interior pages clean and unmarked with a tight binding. 197 pages. A thematic and cultural study of recurring images and concerns in English Canadian poetry and fiction over three generations, extending Northrop Frye's concept of the garrison mentality to trace a movement toward reconciliation between humanity and the Canadian landscape. Keywords: Northrop Frye Influence, Man Against Wilderness, Canadian Identity, Reconciliation with Nature, Cultural Psychology, English Canadian Fiction, Margaret Atwood Context, F R Scott Poetry, E J Pratt Verse, Governor General Award, Mythopoeic Criticism, Three Generations.…

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. First edition. pp. 197. 8vo. Beige cloth boards, gilt lettering to spine. Small ink name and date to ffep otherwise clean and unmarked; very good+ and housed in very good lightly rubbed dustjacket showing a few small chips along corners. Overall, very good+ to near fine.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good+. Very Good -. First Edition. An important examination of Canadian writers over the previous century by the poet & academic. He extends Frye's concept of the Canadian identity battling the hostile wilderness and climate into an literary exploration, by contemporary writers, that seeks the reconciliation of man & nature. The author won a Governor General's Award for poetry for his 1977 'Under the Thunder of Flowers'. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 197 pages with index. The brown boards have very gentle bumping to 2 corners, and a very amount of slight soiling to page ends. White, illustrated DJ has minor edge wear with a few short tears at corners. SIGNED by Jones on half title page & INSCRIBED to Sylvia Du Vernet, Toronto academic & writer, on inside front page. Includes 1970 newspaper review clippings from the T.O. Star (George Woodcock) & the Globe & Mail (Peter Buitenhuis). Signed by Author.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Originally published in 1970. Brown cloth w/black cloth spine w/gilt lettering, 197 pages (including notes, index). Mild wear to corners/spine ends, previous owner's name to verso of half-title, previous owner's marginalia (vertical lines here and there throughout), in moderately edgeworn dust jacket w/a bit of chipping/short tears to corners/spine ends, general wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…