Varieties of exile : the Canadian experience / Hallvard Dahlie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dahlie, Hallvard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Exiles' writings, Canadian--History and criticism.

Exiles' writings, Canadian.

Canadian literature--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

Exiles in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (227 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Isolation, remoteness from one's native land, and the loss of language are but a few of the themes that recur in the literature of exile written over the centuries. In this book, the first study of the theme of exile in Canadian literature, Hallvard Dahlie brings together a broad spectrum of Canadian writers -- writers from the Old World who have become exiles to Canada, but also Canadians who have exiled themselves for varying periods from Canada. Showing how these writers as a group have communicated their Canadian experience in ways that differ from the non-exiled writers, this book also demonstrates how the large complement of exiled writers has greatly enriched the body of Canadian fiction during the past two hundred years.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

The Ambiguities of Exile: Shaping a Definition

Roughing It in Exile

Between Two Worlds

The New World Triumphant

Tourists and Expatriates

From the Old World: A Canadian in Paris

Birds of Passage

Emigrés and Academics

The Legacy of Exile

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [207]-213) and index.

ISBN:

1-283-22638-3

9786613226389

0-7748-5708-0

OCLC:

243613852