The Borders of Nightmare: The Fiction of John Richardson

by Michael Hurley

Book Overview

John Richardson was Canada's first native-born poet-novelist and 'The Father of Canadian Literature.' Michael Hurley offers the first detailed account of Richardson's fiction rather than of his life or sociological importance.

Hurley makes a convincing case for Richardson as an important early cartographer of the Canadian imagination and the originator of 'Southern Ontario Gothic.' He explores Richardson's influence on James Reaney, Alice...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802069401
• ISBN13: 9780802069405
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"