The Burgess Shale: The Canadian Writing Landscape of the 1960s (CLC Kreisel Lecture Series) - Softcover

Atwood, Margaret

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1772123013 ISBN 13: 9781772123012

Verlag: University of Alberta Press, 2017

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#1 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, March 19, 2017 #3 on Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestsellers list, April 30, 2017

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"The outburst of cultural energy that took place in the 1960s was in part a product of the two decades that came before. It's always difficult for young people to see their own time in perspective: when you're in your teens, a decade earlier feels like ancient history and the present moment seems normal: what exists now is surely what has always existed." Margaret Atwood compares the Canadian literary landscape of the 1960s to the Burgess Shale, a geological formation that contains the fossils of many strange prehistoric life forms. The Burgess Shale is not entirely about writing itself, however: Atwood also provides some insight into the meagre writing infrastructure of that time, taking a lighthearted look at the early days of the institutions we take for granted today-from writers' organizations, prizes, and grant programs to book tours and festivals.

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• Verlag: University of Alberta Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1772123013
• ISBN 13: 9781772123012
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 56