Nightmares of the National Imaginary by Tom Halford (Hardback Book)

University of Toronto Press

Nightmares of the National Imaginary explores how Canadian literature challenges and complicates our national identity. Surveillance often sorts people into a series of reductive categories while downplaying or ignoring the complexities of their lived experience. Literature demands that readers spend prolonged periods of time with characters who may seem simple at first glance, but after investing time in the author\u2019s world, are revealed to be more than the categories they have been assigned.\nNightmares of the National Imaginary examines the way narrative, poetry, and drama often demonstrate how people are more complex than the labels they have been constrained to. The book\u2019s analysis is steeped in works such as David Chariandy\u2019s Brother and Ken Babstock\u2019s On Malice which present an\n\nNightmares of the National Imaginary\nSurveillance and Sousveillance in Canadian Literature\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK deliver;