The Wacousta Syndrome : Explorations in the Canadian Langscape /

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Early Canadians, McGregor finds, were hardly the robust adventurers of legend; in fact, they preferred the view from the fort to the call of the wild - a disconcerting through for a nation rasied on TomThomson, voyageurs, and the boy scouts. In modern times, Canadians live most comfortably in the se...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McGregor, Gaile, 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Buffalo [N.Y.] : University of Toronto Press, 1985.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
National characteristics, Canadian.
Civilization.
Canadian literature.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Canadian.
Canadiens.
Litterature canadienne > Histoire et critique.
Canadian literature > History and criticism.
Canada.
Canada > Civilisation.
Canada > Civilization.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1 A View from the Fort
  • 2 Circum Locutions
  • 3 The Frontier Antithesis
  • 4 Re Definition
  • 5 The House of Revelations
  • 6 Harlequin Romances
  • 7 Farewell, Charles Atlas
  • 8 Fool-Saints and 'Noble' Savages
  • 9 Hat Tricks
  • 10 'I' -Site
  • 11 The Writing on the Wall
  • 12 In Medias Res
  • CATALOGUE OF PRIMARY SOURCES
  • AUTHOR'S NOTE

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