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The Fiction of Timothy Findley
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550221015
- Publish Date
- Jun 1991
- List Price
- $25.00
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Description
This first full-length study of Timothy Findley argues that his novels and short stories are part of a system of war texts. Not only is Findley's fiction haunted by the specter of war; it is also a compulsive testament to the infinite repetitions of war in domestic, gender, and class conflicts. Influenced by feminist literary theory, the workings of literary intertextuality, and the new historiography, the study shows how war as a literary deviceas well as various historical wars, documents of war, and literary war textsinform the novels and stories of Timothy Findley to such an extent that war becomes an integral part of their signifying systems.
About the author
Lorraine York is Senator William McMaster Chair in Canadian Literature and Culture in the Department of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Her most recent books are Margaret Atwood and the Labour of Literary Celebrity (2013) and Literary Celebrity in Canada (2007). She is currently at work on a project on reluctant celebrity.