| History, Literature and the Writing of the Canadian Prairies Contributor(s): Calder, Alison (Editor), Wardhaugh, Robert (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0887556825 ISBN-13: 9780887556821 Publisher: University of Manitoba Press OUR PRICE: $26.06 Product Type: Paperback Published: May 2005 Annotation: Today, popular notions of the Canadian Prairie are being challenged by a new generation of writers and historians. Instead of viewing the Prairie as a timeless and unchanging space defined by settlement and landscape, they argue that the Prairie is a region with an evolving culture and history. This collection of essays reconfigures "the prairie" as a construct that is non-linear and diverse, responding to the impact of geographical, historical and political currents. Ten Canadian, American and European scholars explore a more contemporary prairie identity, arguing that geography, history and culture are inextricably linked and that only by considering all these facets at once can we begin to understand this diverse cultural landscape. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Post-confederation (1867-) - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Canadian |
| Dewey: 810.997 |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 6.28" W x 9.02" (0.85 lbs) 308 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Canadian Prairie has long been represented as a timeless and unchanging location, defined by settlement and landscape. Now, a new generation of writers and historians challenge that perception and argue, instead, that it is a region with an evolving culture and history. This collection of ten essays explores a more contemporary prairie identity, and reconfigures the prairie as a construct that is non-linear and diverse, responding to the impact of geographical, historical, and political currents. These writers explore the connections between document and imagination, between history and culture, and between geography and time.The subjects of the essays range widely: the non-linear structure of Carol Shield's The Stone Diaries; the impact of Aberhart's Social Credit, Marshall McLuhan, and Mesopotamian myth on Robert Kroetsch's prairie postmodernism; the role of document in long prairie poems; the connection between cultural tourism and heritage; the theme of regeneration in Margaret Laurence's Manawaka writing; the influence of imagination on geography in Thomas Wharton's Icefields; and the effects on an alpine climber of pre-WWII ideological concepts of time and individualism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Calder, Alison: - Alison Calder teaches English at the University of Manitoba and is a winner of the Bronwen Wallace Memorial Award for poetry.Wardhaugh, Robert: - Robert Wardhaugh teaches History at the University of Western Ontario, and is the author of MacKenzie King and the Prairie West. |
