About this title: When first published in 1972, Survival was considered the most startling book ever written about Canadian literature. Since then, it has continued to be read and taught, and it continues to shape the way Canadians look at themselves. Distinguished, provocative, and written in effervescent, compulsively readable prose, Survival is ...
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Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Anansi, Toronto
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780887846137ISBN:0887846130
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). 287 p. Audience: General/trade. Trade paper in good condition. Rare Atwood. read more
Edition: 2nd Printing
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anansi, Toronto
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780887846137ISBN:0887846130
Description: Good. 12mo-over 6¾"-7¾" tall. (CAD) No markings, pages toned, crease to cover, darkening to white portions of cover, Good used copy. 12mo, black printed wraps, 287pp, index. This book begins by asking "What have been the central preoccupations of [Canadian] poetry and fiction? ". (1.2 FO 24/4. read more
Edition: Fourth Print
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: House of Anansi, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Date Published: 1976
Description: Near Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Yellowing to the rear cover; faint rubbing to the bottom corners; very little wear. Quite clean. 4th printing. 287 pages. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Anansi
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780887846137ISBN:0887846130
Description: Good. Normal edgewear on cover and spine, vertical crease on front cover, name inside cover, water stain on top edge and margins. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart Ltd
Date Published: 2004-03-01
ISBN-13:9780771008726ISBN:0771008724
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780771008726. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
Date Published: 2004
ISBN-13:9780771008726ISBN:0771008724
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Limited, Toronto, Ontario
Date Published: 1973
ISBN-13:9780887847134ISBN:0887847137
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Black boards with red lettering on spine. Small bumps at top and bottom of spine. Light shelf wear and rubbing. 287 pages with index. Dust jacket has small closed tears and nicks and creases near edges; rubbing; small abrasions on front panel and some discoloration on white rear panel. 1973 printing with number line starting with 1 and ending with 73. Printed by T. H. Best with Blurb and reviews on rear panel of the dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: House of Anansi Press Limited, Toronto, Ontario
Date Published: 1973
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. Black boards with red lettering on spine. Small bumps at top and bottom of spine. Light shelf wear and rubbing. Previous owner's name and date written on front pastedown. 287 pages with index. Dust jacket has small closed tears and nicks and creases near edges and rubbing. 1973 printing with number line starting with 1 and ending with 73. Printed by T. H. Best with Blurb and reviews on rear panel of the dust jacket. read more
Description: Survival. By Margaret Atwood, 1st edition 1972 Anansi, Toronto. ISBN 0887847137. A thematic guide to Canadian literature. With red spine lettering, 287pp. This is the second issue, with the printer's name as T.H. Best, and with the 3 blurbs to the back of the Dj. NFine in VG Dj, 2 lbs. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: House of Anansi, Toronto
Date Published: 1972
ISBN-13:9780887846137ISBN:0887846130
Description: Very Good. 8vo. 287 pp. First Thus. Light edge and corner wear with minor creasing on the spine; no interior markings. The Chapters are: What Where and Why is Here; How to Use This Book; Survival; Nature the Monster; Animal Victims; Early People: Indians and Eskimos as Symbols; Ancentral Totems: Explorers-Settlers; Family Portrait: Masks of the Bear; Failed Sacrifices: The Reluctant Immigrant; The Casual Incident of Death: Futile Heroes Unconvincing Martyrs and Other Bad Ends; The Paralyzed ... read more
"this is really brilliant. as someone who is interested in canadian history and culture, i found this insight into the canadian psyche fascinating. i am sure that it offended many when it first came out, and i am also reasonably certain that there are parts of it that ms. atwood would want to modify (this edition was published originally in 1972), but it is truly groundbreaking.
it is also fun to read. sure, there are lots of references to books and authors i'm not familiar with, but the way she writes about them, and the way she discusses literature is very approachable, enjoyable and entertaining.
indeed, even if you aren't interested in canada or canadian literature, i would recommend it as a valuable introduction to literary analysis and criticism, fully of thoughts you may want to apply to your own culture's work."
"Ever the Canadian Ms. Atwood humbly prefaces this book by telling us it isn't mean to be literary criticism or a highly intellectual probing of Canadian literature, then covers quite a span of the country's most well known writers. I've long admired her turn of phrase and abiity to distill things immense into simple images, ideas that remain. In retrospect, her division of early Canadian literature into two categories seems on target. I would say Canada lacked it's own identity until about 1970 or so. What else can you do but survive if you don't know who you are? Still between animals and survival punctuation by harsh weather and bouts of drunkenness Canada has produced some remarkable writers bearing similarities to the US's Southern Writers, particularly those of Mississippi - Faulkner, et al who too seemed to write about animals (or the animal in others) and anit-survival punctuated by bouts of drunkenness and heat inspired lethargy."
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