1997
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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National DreamsMyth, Mystery, and Canadian History |
As Canadians, we remember the stories told to us in high-school history class as condensed images of the past—the glorious Mountie, the fearsome Native, the Last Spike. National … | Daniel Frances | 217 | 1997 | View |
Roman Ingarden’s Ontology and Aesthetics |
A leading Polish philosopher of the 20th century, Roman Ingarden is principally renowned in Western culture for his work in aesthetics and the theory of literature. Jeff Mitscherling … | Jeff Mitsecherling | 246 | 1997 | View |
The Quebec Anthology1830-1990 |
The Quebec Anthology: 1830-1990 provides a complete overview of the Quebec short story from its beginnings to the 1990s and offers a unique opportunity for English readers to discover the essence … | Matt Cohen | 427 | 1997 | View |
From "The Legend of Rose Latulipe" 1837From: The Quebec Anthology |
The novel is a work of fantasy and folklore, a blend of the surreal and the macabre that relates the story of Charles Amand, a native of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli who becomes obsessed by the desire to … | Philippe Aubert de Gaspé | 7 | 1997 | $0.42 Add |
From Introduction |
The basic claim of this book is twofold: (1) that we are not in a position accurately to interpret and evaluate Ingarden’s studies in aesthetics until we place them within the framework … | Jeff Mitsecherling | 8 | 1997 | $0.88 Add |
From IntroductionThe Story of Canada From: National Dreams |
In the introduction the author states that Indians were referred to as looking “Alien Like” and that the “British-born Canadians” are the “Elect of the earth”. … | Daniel Frances | 30 | 1997 | $0.90 Add |
From "The Three Devils, or, All’s Well That Ends Well" 1867From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Les trois diables," translated by Wayne Grady as "The Three Devils," first appeared in Contes populaires and was one of Stevens’s more successful stories. It is typical … | Paul Stevens | 14 | 1997 | $0.84 Add |
From A Sketch of Ingarden’s Life, Career, and Works |
A Chronological Overview of Ingarden’s Life and Major Publications | Jeff Mitsecherling | 32 | 1997 | $3.52 Add |
From Making TracksThe Myth of CPR From: National Dreams |
The myth of the CPR as creator of the country is, in fact, as old as the railway itself, which is not surprising given that it was the railway itself which created the myth. The mundane act of … | Daniel Frances | 39 | 1997 | $1.17 Add |
From "The Roussis’ Fire" 1872From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Le Feu des Roussi," translated here by Yves Brunelle as "The Roussis’ Fire," first appeared in two instalments in the journal L ‘Opinion publique in 1872 under … | Narcisse-Henri-Edouard Faucher de Saint-Maurice | 16 | 1997 | $0.96 Add |
From Ingarden’s Interpretation of Husserl |
This chapter offers a critical examination of Ingarden’s interpretation of Husserl as a ‘metaphysical idealist’. | Jeff Mitsecherling | 38 | 1997 | $4.18 Add |
From The Mild WestThe Myth of RCMP From: National Dreams |
For a hundred years the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has occupied a special place in Canadian history and our imaginations. The story of how they drove out the American whiskey peddlers and … | Daniel Frances | 49 | 1997 | $1.96 Add |
From "Yellow-Wolf, Malecite Chieftain of Old" 1893From: The Quebec Anthology |
After de Gaspé’s death in 1871, one of his sons, Alfred-Patrice, found a manuscript of stories among his father’s papers. This was published in 1893 as Divers. Jane Brierley, … | Philippe Aubert de Gaspé | 15 | 1997 | $0.90 Add |
From Controversy Over the Existence of the World |
An examination of several of Controversy’s central existential-ontological and formal-ontological investigations. | Jeff Mitsecherling | 43 | 1997 | $4.73 Add |
From Your Majesty’s RealmThe Myth of the Master Race From: National Dreams |
Canadian schoolchildren, who were taught to venerate Great Britain and its empire pledged allegiance to the monarch and sang "Rule Britannia" and "Soldiers of the Queen." … | Daniel Frances | 63 | 1997 | $3.78 Add |
From "La Gothe and Her Husband" 1895From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Le mari de la Gothe," translated here by Patricia Sillers as "La Gothe and Her Husband," first appeared in Fleurs champêtres. Closer in character to the gothic tales of … | Robertine Barry | 11 | 1997 | $0.66 Add |