Author: Frank M. Tierney
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776601091
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was perhaps the only Canadian writer whose name was a household word in nineteenth-century Canada. The ten papers in this volume reappraise the historical, geographical, political and literary contexts within which Haliburton lived and worked. His letters, his historical books, the Club papers and Sam Slick sketches are all included in these valuable and lively criticisms. Published in English.
The Thomas Chandler Haliburton Symposium
Author: Frank M. Tierney
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776601091
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was perhaps the only Canadian writer whose name was a household word in nineteenth-century Canada. The ten papers in this volume reappraise the historical, geographical, political and literary contexts within which Haliburton lived and worked. His letters, his historical books, the Club papers and Sam Slick sketches are all included in these valuable and lively criticisms. Published in English.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776601091
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was perhaps the only Canadian writer whose name was a household word in nineteenth-century Canada. The ten papers in this volume reappraise the historical, geographical, political and literary contexts within which Haliburton lived and worked. His letters, his historical books, the Club papers and Sam Slick sketches are all included in these valuable and lively criticisms. Published in English.
Biographical notice of Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Author: Thomas Chandler Haliburton
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ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages :
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The Haliburton Bi-centenary Chaplet
Author: Richard A. Davies
Publisher: Wolfville, N.S. : Gaspereau Press
ISBN: 9781894031028
Category : Authors, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
In September 1996, the bi-centenary of Thomas Chandler Haliburton's birth was marked with a symposium in his honour at Acadia University, in Wolfville, NS. The papers presented at that conference and collected in this volume illuminate the life of Canada's first internationally renowned writer, critically engaging the man, his works and his era. The creator of Sam Slick, Haliburton left a legacy of memorable writing. Two hundred years later, his signature works such as The Clockmaker and The Old Judge still excite critical debate. These essays investigate Haliburton in various contexts, drawing on our curiosity about the man and the world in which he lived. Contributors include Gerald C. Boudreau, Colin Boyd, Barry Cahill, George Elliott Clarke, Gwendolyn Davies, Richard A. Davies, Naomi Griffiths, Carrie MacMillan, Greg Marquis, Peter Mitham, Barry Moody, Ruth Panofsky, George L. Parker, Allen Penney, Henry Roper, David Staines and Tom Vincent.
Publisher: Wolfville, N.S. : Gaspereau Press
ISBN: 9781894031028
Category : Authors, Canadian
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
In September 1996, the bi-centenary of Thomas Chandler Haliburton's birth was marked with a symposium in his honour at Acadia University, in Wolfville, NS. The papers presented at that conference and collected in this volume illuminate the life of Canada's first internationally renowned writer, critically engaging the man, his works and his era. The creator of Sam Slick, Haliburton left a legacy of memorable writing. Two hundred years later, his signature works such as The Clockmaker and The Old Judge still excite critical debate. These essays investigate Haliburton in various contexts, drawing on our curiosity about the man and the world in which he lived. Contributors include Gerald C. Boudreau, Colin Boyd, Barry Cahill, George Elliott Clarke, Gwendolyn Davies, Richard A. Davies, Naomi Griffiths, Carrie MacMillan, Greg Marquis, Peter Mitham, Barry Moody, Ruth Panofsky, George L. Parker, Allen Penney, Henry Roper, David Staines and Tom Vincent.
Thomas Chandler Haliburton, "Sam Slick"
Author: Victor Lovit Oakes Chittick
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780404015251
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780404015251
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Dominant Impressions
Author: Gerald Lynch
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776615807
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Canadian critics and scholars, along with a growing number from around the world, have long recognized the achievements of Canadian short story writers. However, these critics have tended to view the Canadian short story as a historically recent phenomenon. This reappraisal corrects this mistaken view by exploring the literary and cultural antecedents of the Canadian short story.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776615807
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Canadian critics and scholars, along with a growing number from around the world, have long recognized the achievements of Canadian short story writers. However, these critics have tended to view the Canadian short story as a historically recent phenomenon. This reappraisal corrects this mistaken view by exploring the literary and cultural antecedents of the Canadian short story.
Worlds of Wonder
Author: Camille R. La Bossière
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776605704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Grade level: 10, 11, 12, i, s, t.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776605704
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
Grade level: 10, 11, 12, i, s, t.
Margaret Laurence
Author: David Staines
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776616587
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
This book highlights the accomplishments of one of Canada's most acclaimed and beloved fiction writers, Margaret Laurence. The essays in this collection explore her body of work as well as her influence on young Canadian writers today.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776616587
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 181
Book Description
This book highlights the accomplishments of one of Canada's most acclaimed and beloved fiction writers, Margaret Laurence. The essays in this collection explore her body of work as well as her influence on young Canadian writers today.
Bolder Flights
Author: Angela Robbeson
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 077660483X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A growing number of literary historians and critics now recognize the contemporary long poem as a distinctively Canadian genre. This collection of essays leads the reader to a deeper understanding of Canadian literary cultures in terms of their local intimacies and idiosyncrasies as well as in their national contexts. Published in English.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 077660483X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
A growing number of literary historians and critics now recognize the contemporary long poem as a distinctively Canadian genre. This collection of essays leads the reader to a deeper understanding of Canadian literary cultures in terms of their local intimacies and idiosyncrasies as well as in their national contexts. Published in English.
Context North America
Author: Camille La Bossière
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776615718
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Context North America is a comparative study of Canadian and American literary relations that emphasizes the cultural and institutional contexts in which Canadian literature is taught and read. This volume exemplifies the question of how the literatures of Canada might aptly be studied and contextualized in the days of heightened discontinuity and increasingly ambiguous borderlines both between and within the many narratives that make up North America.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776615718
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
Context North America is a comparative study of Canadian and American literary relations that emphasizes the cultural and institutional contexts in which Canadian literature is taught and read. This volume exemplifies the question of how the literatures of Canada might aptly be studied and contextualized in the days of heightened discontinuity and increasingly ambiguous borderlines both between and within the many narratives that make up North America.
Bliss Carman
Author: Gerald Lynch
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776602861
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
The tarnished reputation of this turn-of-the-century poet is persuasively burnished anew by fifteen scholars, editors, and poets. Published in English.
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
ISBN: 0776602861
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
The tarnished reputation of this turn-of-the-century poet is persuasively burnished anew by fifteen scholars, editors, and poets. Published in English.