Recalling early Canada : reading the political in literary and cultural production / Jennifer Blair ... [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Blair, Jennifer, 1975-

Series:

Currents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canadian literature--19th century--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

Politics in literature.

Culture in literature.

Canada--History--Sources.

Canada.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (440 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Calling early Canada

Place of Publication:

Edmonton : University of Alberta Press, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is the first substantial collection of essays to focus on the production of Canadian literary and cultural works prior to World War I. Reflecting an emerging critical interest in the literary past, the authors seek to retrieve the early repertoire available to Canadian readers of fiction and poetry certainly, but family letters, photographs, journalism, and captivity narratives are also investigated. Filling a significant gap in Canadian criticism, the authors demonstrate that to recall the past is not only to shape it, but also to reshape the present. This fresh interest in the cultural past, informed by new approaches to historical inquiry, has resulted in a unique and diverse investigation of more than two centuries of a little known 'early Canada'.

Contents:

Pages:1 to 25; Pages:26 to 50; Pages:51 to 75; Pages:76 to 100; Pages:101 to 125; Pages:126 to 150; Pages:151 to 175; Pages:176 to 200; Pages:201 to 225; Pages:226 to 250; Pages:251 to 275; Pages:276 to 300; Pages:301 to 325; Pages:326 to 350; Pages:351 to 375; Pages:376 to 400; Pages:401 to 425; Pages:426 to 450; Pages:451 to 458

Notes:

Papers presented at a conference held June 23, 2003 in Hamilton, Ont.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 335-361) and index.

ISBN:

1-4593-0255-9