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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459921003321

Titolo

By great waters : [a Newfoundland and Labrador anthology] / / edited and introduced by Peter Neary & Patrick O'Flaherty

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1974

©1974

ISBN

1-4426-2341-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (279 p.)

Collana

Social History of Canada ; ; 21

Disciplina

971.8

Soggetti

Canadian literature - Newfoundland and Labrador

Electronic books.

Newfoundland and Labrador History Sources

Labrador (N.L.) Literary collections

Newfoundland and Labrador Literary collections

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1. Discovery and Early Exploration -- Part 2. Transatlantic Outpost -- Part 3. The Colonial Era -- Part 4. North Atlantic Dominion -- Part 5. Breakers Ahead -- Selected Secondary Material on Aspects of Newfoundland Literature -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

p›This anthology offers readers a selection of Newfoundland writing which will illuminate the unfolding of the province’s history and culture and at the same time command respect as literature. It is comprised of 65 selections from literary and historical sources, which range in time from an extract from the Vinland sagas to a poem written in 1968 by a Newfoundlander. The selections are arranged in four parts: Discovery and Exploration; Transatlantic Outpost; Colonial Era; Breakers Ahead (contemporary). Each selection is prefaced by a brief introduction.