1997
Showing 17–32 of 52 results
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From  The Infantilization of QuebecThe Myth of Unity From: National Dreams |
The author presents the opposing view points on the Battle of Quebec. For generations, while Quebec historians characterized the Battle of Quebec as a catastrophe, English-Canadian historians … | Daniel Frances | 49 | 1997 | $1.96 Add |
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From  The Literary Work of Art |
Ingarden recognized that his treatment of the literary work of art offered only a first step in his preparatory analysis, and immediately upon completing The Literary Work of Art he undertook … | Jeff Mitsecherling | 40 | 1997 | $4.40 Add |
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From  "How I Learned to Speak English" 1900From: 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 … | Louis Fréchette | 5 | 1997 | $0.30 Add |
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From Divided We StandThe 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. … | Daniel Frances | 42 | 1997 | $1.68 Add |
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From Ingarden’s Analyses of Other Sorts of Artworks |
Ingarden’s extensive analyses of art in order not to gather material for the construction of a general ‘theory of art’ but rather to elucidate and, to some extent, ground his … | Jeff Mitsecherling | 29 | 1997 | $3.19 Add |
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From "Hay Fever" 1917From: 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 … | Sylva Clapin | 20 | 1997 | $1.20 Add |
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From Ingarden and Contemporary Aesthetics |
Explains how Ingarden’s analyses of the ontology of art provide both a strong foundation and a powerful tool that could be employed in current research in aesthetics and theory of art. | Jeff Mitsecherling | 22 | 1997 | $2.42 Add |
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From The Ideology of the CanoeThe Myth of Wilderness From: National Dreams |
The canoe is omnipresent in Canadian history and folklore. Canadians feel that the canoe is a fundamental icon of our nationality, representing as it does our links to our history, to our land, … | Daniel Frances | 50 | 1997 | $2.50 Add |
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From "The Ferryman" 1920From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Le Passeur," the tide story included here— translated as "The Ferryman" by Sheila Fischman—is the title story from Loranger’s first book. | Jean-Aubert Loranger | 10 | 1997 | $0.60 Add |
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From Great White HopeThe 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 … | Daniel Frances | 46 | 1997 | $1.84 Add |
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From "The Italian Teacher" 1927From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Le professeur d’italien," translated as "The Italian Teacher" by Matt Cohen, first appeared in Bernard’s only collection of short stories, La Dame blanche (The … | Harry Bernard | 12 | 1997 | $0.72 Add |
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From ConclusionHistory 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 … | Daniel Frances | 29 | 1997 | $0.58 Add |
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From "The Mass of Florent Letourneau" 1930From: The Quebec Anthology |
The story included here, "La messe de Florent Létourneau," translated by Sheila Fischman, is a fine example of Dantin’s classical mind. It first appeared in the periodical … | Louis Dantin | 11 | 1997 | $0.66 Add |
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From "Foreign Souls" 1934From: 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 … | Marie le Franc | 17 | 1997 | $1.02 Add |
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From "Mrs. Filly" 1942From: The Quebec Anthology |
"Madame Pouliche," here translated by David Homel as "Mrs. Filly," first appeared in La Fin du voyage, and in 1962 it was included in Gerard Bessette’s Anthologie Albert … | Albert Laberge | 13 | 1997 | $0.78 Add |
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From "Mother Soubert’s Pig" 1944From: The Quebec Anthology |
A study of primitivism, violence, and eroticism, in which characters struggle, often in vain, against basic and sometimes brutal human passions, it is a startling and disturbing work by a writer … | Yves Theriault | 9 | 1997 | $0.54 Add |
