The Picturesque and the Sublime: A Poetics of the Canadian Landscape

by Susan Glickman

Glickman argues that early immigrants to Canada brought with them the expectation that nature would be grand, mysterious, awesome - even terrifying - and welcomed scenes that conformed to these notions of sublimity. She contends that to interpret their descriptions of nature as "negative," as so many critics have done, is a significant misunderstanding. Glickman provides close readings of several important works, including Susanna Moodie's "Enthusiasm,"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773521356
• ISBN13: 9780773521353
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"