Author: | Jennifer Bowering Delisle | ISBN: | 9781554588961 |
Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Publication: | June 1, 2013 |
Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press | Language: | English |
Author: | Jennifer Bowering Delisle |
ISBN: | 9781554588961 |
Publisher: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
Publication: | June 1, 2013 |
Imprint: | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
Language: | English |
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E.J. Pratt and the Gateway to Canada
Jennifer Delisle
As the first literary figure of the Newfoundland diaspora, E.J. Pratt’s “authenticity” as a Newfoundlander has been the subject of much debate. Delisle analyzes receptions of Pratt’s work through the mid-twentieth century, suggesting that his role in the development of Canadian literary nationalism makes him a figure onto which a series of anxieties about diasporic, regional, and national identity are projected.
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E.J. Pratt and the Gateway to Canada
Jennifer Delisle
As the first literary figure of the Newfoundland diaspora, E.J. Pratt’s “authenticity” as a Newfoundlander has been the subject of much debate. Delisle analyzes receptions of Pratt’s work through the mid-twentieth century, suggesting that his role in the development of Canadian literary nationalism makes him a figure onto which a series of anxieties about diasporic, regional, and national identity are projected.