A History of Canadian LiteratureMacmillan Education, 1989 - 380 páginas This comprehensive survey begins with an account of the myths of the New World, describing the fascinating background against which to read the emerging English and French language Literatures of Canada. An examination of the early literature takes full account of explorers' journals, the Jesuit Relations and settlement and captivity narratives, and the works of writers from 1880 to the present day such as Kirkby, Frechette, F.R. Scott, Tremblay, Munro and Atwood are fully discussed. Account is taken of historical events such as Confederation, the Canada First Movement and the Imperial Federation Movement, as well as the main critical movements of each period. |
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... voice undermines the easy acceptance of platitudes ; hence it is the voice by which Mrs Brooke turns her observations of life in Quebec into an analysis of the conventions that restrain women's independence at large . The author ...
... voice undermines the easy acceptance of platitudes ; hence it is the voice by which Mrs Brooke turns her observations of life in Quebec into an analysis of the conventions that restrain women's independence at large . The author ...
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... voice , drawing on Shakespeare's ( 1564-1616 ) The Tempest as an analogue to expose the foibles of small - town Peterborough , Ontario , he re - enacted Leacock's conservative position , but in so doing - by means of his narrative ...
... voice , drawing on Shakespeare's ( 1564-1616 ) The Tempest as an analogue to expose the foibles of small - town Peterborough , Ontario , he re - enacted Leacock's conservative position , but in so doing - by means of his narrative ...
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... voice of the multiple identity that is modern Canada . The voice celebrated a personal past and a range of futures . Yet it was also an implicitly political voice , with which many contemporary writers , conscious more of the divisions ...
... voice of the multiple identity that is modern Canada . The voice celebrated a personal past and a range of futures . Yet it was also an implicitly political voice , with which many contemporary writers , conscious more of the divisions ...
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