"littérature canadienne d'expression anglaise thème origines / 20e s." . . "Charakter narodowy kanadyjski w literaturze." . . "Canadian literature." . . "Canadian literature History and criticism Motifs." . . "Literatur Kanada Motiv." . . "Littérature canadienne 20e siècle Thèmes, motifs." . . "Littérature canadienne Histoire et critique." . . "Literatura canadiense (Inglés) Historia y crítica." . . "Literatura canadienese Historia y crítica." . . "Letterkunde." . . . . "When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: \"What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?\" Her answer is \"survival and victims.\" Atwood applies th"@en . . . . . . . "When first published in 1972, -- From the Trade Paperback edition." . "Electronic books" . "Electronic books"@en . . . . "Survival A Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Survival: a thematic guide to Canadian literature" . . . . . . . . . . "Survival a thematic guide to Canadian literature" . "Survival a thematic guide to Canadian literature"@en . . . "Canadian nonfiction"@en . . . . . . . . . "Survival : a thematic guide to canadian literature" . "Survival : a thematic guide to Canadian literature ; [with a new introduction by the author]" . . . "Survival : a thematic guide to Canadian literature" . "Survival : a thematic guide to Canadian literature"@en . . "Large print books"@en . . "\"'Survival' is the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. It is ... a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: 'what have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?' Her answer is twofold: 'survival and victims.' Atwood applies this thesis in twelve brilliant, witty and impassioned chapters. From Moodie to MacLennan to Blais, from Pratt to Purdy to Newlove, from Godfrey to Gibson, she lights up familiar books in wholly new perspectives.\" The themes are: survival; nature the monster; animal victims; early people (indians and eskimos); ancestral totems (explorers and settlers); family portrait: masks of the bear; failed sacrifices (the reluctant immigrant); the casual incident of death; the paralyzed artist; ice women vs. earth mothers; Quebec: burning mansions; and, jail-breaks and recreations." . . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . "Survival : a thematic guide to Canadian literature [by] Margaret Atwood" . . . . . . . "Literatura kanadyjska" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Survival : Thematic Guide to Canadian Literature"@en . . . . "When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is simultaneously a book of criticism, a manifesto, and a collection of personal and subversive remarks. Margaret Atwood begins by asking: \"\"What have been the central preoccupations of our poetry and fiction?\"\" Her answer is \"\"survival and victims.\"\"" . . . . . "National characteristics, Canadian, in literature." . . "Literatura canadenca Història i crítica." . . "Canada." . . "Canada" . "Letteratura americana - Autori canadesi - Saggi." . . "Intellectual life." . . "Literatura canadenca." . . "Crítica literària." . . "Canadian" . . "Englische Literatur Kanada Motiv." . . "Littérature canadienne 20e siècle Histoire et critique." . . "Kanada." . . "Kanada" . "Literatura canadenca (Francès) Història i crítica." . . "Literatura kanadyjska tematy, motywy." . . "Literatur." . . "Literatur" . "Französische Literatur Kanada Motiv." . . "Thema." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian / General" . . "LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian." . . "Littérature canadienne Thèmes, motifs 20e siècle." . . "Bellettrie." . . "Literatura canadenca (Anglès) Història i crítica." . . "Canadian literature -- History and criticism." . . "Canadian literature History and criticism." . . . "Littérature canadienne Thèmes, motifs." . . "Littérature canadienne." . . "Littérature canadienne Histoire et critique 20e siècle." . .