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Writing Quebec : selected essays by Hubert Aquin

Title
Writing Quebec : selected essays by Hubert Aquin / edited, with an introduction by Anthony Purdy ; translated from the French by Paul Gibson [and others].
Author
Aquin, Hubert, 1929-1977.
Publication
Edmonton, Alta., Canada : University of Alberta Press, ©1988.

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Additional Authors
Purdy, Anthony George, 1949-
Description
xxiv, 120 pages : portraits; 24 cm
Subject
  • Aquin, Hubert, 1929-1977 > Political and social views
  • Aquin, Hubert, 1929-1977
  • Aquin, Hubert, 1929-1977
  • French-Canadian literature > History and criticism
  • French-Canadian literature
  • Intellectual life
  • Literature
  • Political and social views
  • Québec (Province) > Intellectual life
  • Québec (Province) > In literature
  • Québec
Genre/Form
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Dangerous understanding -- Form and (dis- )content -- The politics of existence -- The cultural fatigue of French Canada -- Occupation: Writer -- The mystic body -- The art of defeat -- The differential calculus of counter-revolution -- Literature and alienation -- The death of the accursed writer -- Thoughts on the status of the writer -- Joual: haven or hell? -- "The disappearance in language of the poet" (Mallarme) -- Why I am disenchanted with the Wonderful World of Roger Lemelin -- The text or the surrounding silence?
ISBN
  • 0888641303
  • 9780888641304
  • 0888641311
  • 9780888641311
  • 1417592990
  • 9781417592999
  • 0088864131 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
89127532
OCLC
  • ocm20593261
  • 20593261
  • SCSB-1720032
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library