Old Dualities : Deconstructing Robert Kroetsch and His Critics.
Title:
Old Dualities : Deconstructing Robert Kroetsch and His Critics.
Author:
Tiefensee, Dianne.
ISBN:
9780773564749
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (234 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE: DERRIDEAN DECONSTRUCTION , CANADIAN POSTMODERNISM, AND ROBERT KROETSCH -- 1 "Writing with Two Hands": Derridean Deconstruction -- 2 "Gaining Ground": Situating Robert Kroetsch in Canadian Postmodernism -- 3 "Field Notes": Robert Kroetsch and the Critics -- 4 "Learning the Hero": Alibi and the Critics -- PART TWO: THE WRITING OF ROBERT KROETSCH -- 5 "A Canadian Issue": The Canadian Story -- 6 "Unhiding the Hidden": Archaeology, Dialectic, Intertextuality, and Voice -- 7 "Carnival and Violence": The Quest of Love -- 8 "Fear of Women": A Misogynist Erotics -- 9 "The Disappearing Father": Anna Dawe's Quest -- 10 Canadian Postmodernism and Difference: Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
In this provocative re-examination of the work of Robert Kroetsch, who has been hailed as the father of Canadian post-modernism, Dianne Tiefensee argues that Kroetsch's "deconstruction" fails to address, or even comprehend, the radical nature of Derrida's theory.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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