Janice Fiamengo
Biographic Data
| ID | 7390405 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Janice Fiamengo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Janice |
| FAMILY NAME | Fiamengo |
| SIGNATURE | FIAMENGO J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ottawa |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Home Ground and Foreign Territory
The Fail-Proof Student
Our Dear Cousins the Americans
As a young woman, Canadian author Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861–1922) spent nearly a year writing for the Washington Post on literary and cultural matters, and published many of her assessments of American society in The Week, Goldwin Smith's journal of Canadian affairs. Her articles repay close scrutiny not only for their inherent interest as witty observations of America by an engaged Canadian observer, but also for the manner in which they revea…
The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature
From Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood, this is a complete English-language history of Canadian writing in English and French from its beginnings. The multi-authored volume pays special attention to works from the 1960s and after, to multicultural and indigenous writing, popular literature, and the interaction of anglophone and francophone cultures throughout Canadian history. Established genres such as fiction, drama and poetry are discussed…
The Woman's Page
Other Selves
Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination begins with the premise, first suggested by Margaret Atwood in The Animals in That Country (1968), that animals have occupied a peculiarly central position in the Canadian imagination. Unlike the longer-settled countries of Europe or the more densely-populated United States, in Canada animals have always been the loved and feared co-inhabitants of this harsh, beautiful land. From the real…
The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
This book offers a comprehensive and lively introduction to major writers, genres and topics in Canadian literature. Addressing traditional assumptions and current issues, contributors pay attention to the social, political and economic developments that have informed literary events. Broad surveys of fiction, drama, and poetry are complemented by chapters on Aboriginal writing, autobiography, literary criticism, writing by women, and the emergen…
Postcolonial Guilt in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing
Think of being parent or child of a concentration camp guard. One would want to say: `This person is not my own,' and yet one could not. The facts of birth are inescapable. So are very facts of belonging to civilisation that has made one. is this inevitability which leads to degree of alienation and disgust which some people feel present situation. George Grant, Technology and Empire (76) In a 1972 interview with Graeme Gibson, Margaret Atwood co…
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Postcolonial Guilt in Margaret Atwood's Surfacing
Think of being parent or child of a concentration camp guard. One would want to say: `This person is not my own,' and yet one could not. The facts of birth are inescapable. So are very facts of belonging to civilisation that has made one. is this inevitability which leads to degree of alienation and disgust which some people feel present situation. George Grant, Technology and Empire (76) In a 1972 interview with Graeme Gibson, Margaret Atwood co…
The Cambridge Companion to Canadian Literature
This book offers a comprehensive and lively introduction to major writers, genres and topics in Canadian literature. Addressing traditional assumptions and current issues, contributors pay attention to the social, political and economic developments that have informed literary events. Broad surveys of fiction, drama, and poetry are complemented by chapters on Aboriginal writing, autobiography, literary criticism, writing by women, and the emergen…
Other Selves
Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination begins with the premise, first suggested by Margaret Atwood in The Animals in That Country (1968), that animals have occupied a peculiarly central position in the Canadian imagination. Unlike the longer-settled countries of Europe or the more densely-populated United States, in Canada animals have always been the loved and feared co-inhabitants of this harsh, beautiful land. From the real…
The Woman's Page
The Cambridge History of Canadian Literature
From Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood, this is a complete English-language history of Canadian writing in English and French from its beginnings. The multi-authored volume pays special attention to works from the 1960s and after, to multicultural and indigenous writing, popular literature, and the interaction of anglophone and francophone cultures throughout Canadian history. Established genres such as fiction, drama and poetry are discussed…
Our Dear Cousins the Americans
As a young woman, Canadian author Sara Jeannette Duncan (1861–1922) spent nearly a year writing for the Washington Post on literary and cultural matters, and published many of her assessments of American society in The Week, Goldwin Smith's journal of Canadian affairs. Her articles repay close scrutiny not only for their inherent interest as witty observations of America by an engaged Canadian observer, but also for the manner in which they revea…
The Fail-Proof Student
Home Ground and Foreign Territory
Canadian Identity and History (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Short Stories in Global Literature (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Canadian literature (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · History (3 works) · History and criticism (3 works) · Law (3 works)