1997

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"A Blue Rose Perfume" 1974

"A Blue Rose Perfume" 1974

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Un parfum bleu-rose," translated here as "A Blue Rose Perfume" by Basil Kingstone, first appeared in 1974 in the Montreal magazine Liberté. It is a simple story—a … 14 $0.84 Add
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"A Case of Sorcery" 1963

"A Case of Sorcery" 1963

From: The Quebec Anthology

"L’Enchantement," translated here as "A Case of Sorcery" by David Homel, is from Ceux du Chemin-Taché (1963). "It took me many years to realize just how much … 9 $0.54 Add
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A Sketch of Ingarden's Life, Career, and Works

A Sketch of Ingarden’s Life, Career, and Works

From: Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics

A Chronological Overview of Ingarden’s Life and Major Publications 32 $3.52 Add
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"Back on April Eleventh" 1969

"Back on April Eleventh" 1969

From: The Quebec Anthology

"De retour le 11 avril," translated by Alan Brown as "Back on April Eleventh," first appeared in Liberté in the March-April 1969 issue, and was later reprinted in Point … 13 $0.78 Add
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"Beach Blues" 1983

"Beach Blues" 1983

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Beach Blues," translated here by Sheila Fischman, is another of the linked stories that make up Sans coeur et sans reproche, which follows the lives of two young people from childhood … 28 $1.68 Add
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Conclusion

Conclusion

History in an Age of Anxiety

From: National Dreams

Many Canadians are afflicted by perseveration of memory. They repeat the familiar myths of our history even as they must know that they no longer explain much about us. History is a … 29 $0.58 Add
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"Consuming Love" 1990

"Consuming Love" 1990

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Un amour devorant," translated here as "Consuming Love" by Matt Cohen, first appeared in the Montreal literary magazine XYZ in 1990. It is a sly tale with a delicious twist … 4 $0.24 Add
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Controversy Over the Existence of the World

Controversy Over the Existence of the World

From: Roman Ingarden's Ontology and Aesthetics

An examination of several of Controversy’s central existential-ontological and formal-ontological investigations. 43 $4.73 Add
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Divided We Stand

Divided We Stand

The Myth of Heroism

From: National Dreams

It has often been observed that English Canada has not produced many heroes. The overwhelming influence of American culture on Canadian lives has inhibited the emergence of homegrown greatness. … 42 $1.68 Add
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"Fleur-de-Mai" 1945

"Fleur-de-Mai" 1945

From: The Quebec Anthology

Long considered one of Quebec’s most important poets—a special issue of the literary magazine Liberté was devoted to his work in 1960—Grandbois also distinguished himself … 11 $0.66 Add
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"Foreign Souls" 1934

"Foreign Souls" 1934

From: The Quebec Anthology

From 1930 until her death in 1964, Marie le Franc also contributed stories and essays to many international journals, including Mercure de France, Liaison, and Garnets victoriens. Most of her … 17 $1.02 Add
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Great White Hope

Great White Hope

The Myth of North

From: National Dreams

There have been writers, politicians, intellectuals who believed that it was its northernness which made Canada distinct. The "cult of the North" gained coherent expression for the … 46 $1.84 Add
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"Happiness" 1946

"Happiness" 1946

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Le bonheur," translated here as "Happiness" by Wayne Grady, is a tale of urban despair, taken from Ringuet’s only book of short stories, L’Heritage (1946). The … 11 $0.66 Add
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"Hay Fever" 1917

"Hay Fever" 1917

From: The Quebec Anthology

"La fièvre des foins," translated by Wayne Grady as "Hay Fever," was first published in 1917, and is taken here from Clapin’s Contes et nouvelles, a collection of … 20 $1.20 Add
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"How I Learned to Speak English" 1900

"How I Learned to Speak English" 1900

From: The Quebec Anthology

Fréchette was in love with language. His Originaux et détraqués is full of wild descriptions and untranslatable puns, and his later work also explores the limits of conventional … 5 $0.30 Add
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"In My Condition" 1989

"In My Condition" 1989

From: The Quebec Anthology

"Dans mon état," the story translated here by Matt Cohen as "In My Condition," first appeared in XYZ in 1989. Like the stories of Claire Dé, Pellerin’s blend … 5 $0.30 Add