The Haunted Wilderness: The Gothic and Grotesque in Canadian Fiction

Margot Northey

Published by University of Toronto Press 1976

The Haunted Wilderness

The Gothic and Grotesque in Canadian Fiction

Margot Northey

In the series Heritage

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781487578190

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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.

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Northey Margot :

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

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	V
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
PART ONE NINETEENTH-CENTURY GOTHIC FICTION
1 Early Gothic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2 Canadian Prototype: Wacousta Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
3 Decorative Gothic: The Golden Dog Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
4 Towards the Grotesque: Le Chercheur de trésors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
5 Gothic Propaganda: For My Country: Pour la patrie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
PART TWO TWENTIETH-CENTURY GOTHIC FICTION
6 Modern Gothic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	49
7 Psychological Gothic: Kamouraska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
8 Sociological Gothic: Wild Geese and Surfacing Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	62
9 Terrible Grotesque: Mad Shadows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
10 Sportive Grotesque: La Guerre, Yes Sir! Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
11 Symbolic Grotesque: The Double Hook Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	88
12 Satiric Grotesque: Cocksure Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	95
13 Towards the Mystical Grotesque: Beautiful Losers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	108
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	121
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	129

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Copyright year: 1976
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 140

eBook

Published: December 15, 1976
ISBN: 9781487578190