The American Dream in Nineteenth-Century Quebec : Ideologies and Utopia in Antoine Gerin-Lajoie's 'Jean Rivard' /

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Antonine Gerin-Lajoie's Jean Rivard (1862-4) is recognized as a landmark novel in Quebec literature. In this study, Robert Major challenges this view of the novel and of the political and intellectual millieu in which it was produced. He suggests that Quebec culture in the nineteenth century wa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Major, Robert, 1946-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Gerin-Lajoie, Antoine, > 1824-1882.
Gerin-Lajoie, Antoine, > 1824-1882 > Critique et interpretation.
Gerin-Lajoie, Antoine, > 1824-1882 > Jean Rivard.
Gerin-Lajoie, Antoine, > 1824-1882 > Political and social views.
Gerin-Lajoie, Antoine, > 1824-1882. > Jean Rivard.
Utopias in literature.
Political and social views.
Literature and society.
Literature.
Frontier and pioneer life in literature.
Ideology in literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Canadian.
utopian literature.
Litterature et societe > Quebec (Province) > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Utopies dans la litterature.
Ideologie dans la litterature.
Quebec (Province) dans la litterature.
Vie des pionniers dans la litterature.
Literature and society > Quebec (Province) > History > 19th century.
Quebec.
Quebec (Province) > In literature.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Antonine Gerin-Lajoie's Jean Rivard (1862-4) is recognized as a landmark novel in Quebec literature. In this study, Robert Major challenges this view of the novel and of the political and intellectual millieu in which it was produced. He suggests that Quebec culture in the nineteenth century was far richer and more diverse.
Physical Description:1 online resource (272 pages).
ISBN:9781487576295

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