Refractions of Canada in European Literature and Culture
(Sprache: Englisch)
Ever since the first exploratory expeditions in the early modern period, North America has epitomized to Europeans a promise and the hope for the fulfilment of great expectations, be it of more freedom, greater wealth, social liberation or religious...
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Ever since the first exploratory expeditions in the early modern period, North America has epitomized to Europeans a promise and the hope for the fulfilment of great expectations, be it of more freedom, greater wealth, social liberation or religious tolerance. While numerous features in this dialogic intercontinental relationship will hold true for North America in its entirety, the vast northern territories which we know as Canada today began to emerge early on as a specific iconic location in European mind-maps, and they definitely acquired a distinctive profile after the formation of the USA. As a rich source of cultural exchange and an important partner in political and economic cooperation Canada has come to occupy an important position in the cultural discourses of many European nations. It is these refractions and images of Canada which this volume thoroughly explores in European literature and culture. The contributions include literature, philosophy, language, life-writing and the concept of 'Heimat' (homeland) as well as the cultural impact of the World Wars. While there is an emphasis on literary texts, other fields of cultural representation are also included.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Refractions of Canada in European Literature and Culture “
- K. Stierstorfer , Introduction: Europe Imagines Canada- R. Wiebe, Archeology of a Novel: An Afterword to The Blue Mountains of China
I. 'In Between': Canada in the View of European Pioneers and Emigrants
- G. Bölling, The Canadian Experience in Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague (1769)
- H. Antor, Anna Brownell Jameson's Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838):
- K. Stierstorfer, Catherine Parr Traill's Images of Canada in The Young Emigrants (1826)
- M. Wust, The Representation of the Canadian Landscape in Advertisements and Guides for Canadian Immigrants
- A.-R. Glaap, Contemporary English Plays on European Immigrants
II. 'News from Abroad': Canada in the View of European Travellers, Traders, and Adventurers
- M. Just, The Representation of Canada in Novels by Frederick Marryat and Robert Michael Ballantyne
- M. Heinze, Charles Dickens and Anthony Trollope in Canada
- I. Probst, Canada in Late 18th and Early 19th-Century German Travel Literature
- R. McGill, Elizabeth Smart and the Failures of Nationalism
- E. Nowak, Berlin: Voyages into the Unexpected
- A. Kern-Stähler, The North-West Passage in British Literature
III. 'Reflections at Home': Canada in the View of Recent European Writers
- Ch. Innes, Canada as (Missing) Cliché in European Theatre
- J. Skidmore, Cultural Reductionism and the Reception of Canadian Literature in Germany
- S. Peters, The Photographic Deconstruction of a Canadian Cliché
- L. Volkmann, German Popular Literature and Its Images of Canada
- M. Richter, Reflections of a Country in Post-War German Youth Fiction
- M. Merkl , Strategies of Presen
Autoren-Porträt
Heinz Antor holds a chair at the English Department of the University of Cologne, Germany. Gordon Bölling teaches at the English Department of the University of Cologne, Germany. Annette Kern-Stähler is Assistant Professor at the English Department at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany. Klaus Stierstorfer is Professor for English Literature at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany.
Bibliographische Angaben
- 2005, VIII, 301 Seiten, 10 Schwarz-Weiß-Abbildungen, mit Abbildungen, Maße: 15,5 x 23 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Heinz Antor, Gordon Bölling, Annette Kern-Stähler
- Verlag: De Gruyter
- ISBN-10: 3110183420
- ISBN-13: 9783110183429
Sprache:
Englisch
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