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1 online resource (vi, 225 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-216) and index. |
| Summary |
Dianne Tiefensee contends that Kroetsch and his critics have, to some degree, misunderstood the implications of Derrida's "deconstruction" and adhere to a Bloomian "misreading" that is firmly grounded in traditional philosophy. She addresses the metaphysical presuppositions that govern Kroetsch's criticism, literary theory, and novels and considers the extent to which his theoretical pronouncements have determined his critics' readings of his work, concluding that Kroetsch reaffirms the very values, conventions, and attitudes he claims to resist. "The Old Dualities" is a corrective and thoughtful exploration of the critical discussion of Kroetsch's work and, by implication, the prevailing critical discourse in Canadian post-modernism. |
| 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"" |
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""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"" |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Kroetsch, Robert, 1927-2011. |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Kroetsch, Robert, 1927- |
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Kroetsch, Robert, 1927- -- Critique et interprétation. |
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Kroetsch, Robert. |
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Deconstruction.
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Deconstruction. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tiefensee, Dianne, 1942- Old dualities 0773511911 (DLC) 95103609 (OCoLC)32275698 |
| ISBN |
9780773564749 (electronic book) |
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0773564748 (electronic book) |
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0773511911 |
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9780773511910 |
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