Title: Writing Quebec : selected essays by Hubert Aquin /
Authors: Aquin, Hubert, 1929-1977.; Purdy, Anthony George, 1949-
Publisher: University of Alberta Press,
Year: 1988
Subjects: Aquin, Hubert, Political and social views.; Aquin, Hubert,; French-Canadian literature Québec (Province) History and criticism; French-Canadian literature History and criticism; Québec (Province) Civilization; Québec (Province) Intellectual life; Québec (Province) In literature.
Contents: Dangerous understanding -- Form and (dis-)content -- The politics of existence -- The cultural fatigue of French Canada -- Occupation: Writer -- The mystic body -- The art of defeat -- The differential calculus of counter-revolution -- Literature and alienation -- The death of the accursed writer -- Thoughts on the status of the writer -- Joual: haven or hell? -- "The disappearance in language of the poet" (Mallarme) -- Why I am disenchanted with the Wonderful World of Roger Lemelin -- The text or the surrounding silence?