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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791656103321

Autore

Tremblay M. Anthony (Michael Anthony)

Titolo

David Adams Richards of the Miramichi : a biographical introduction / / Tony Tremblay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010

©2010

ISBN

1-4426-9904-3

1-4426-8720-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (382 p.)

Disciplina

C813/.54

Soggetti

Authors, Canadian - 20th century

Miramichi River Region (N.B.) Biography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Cultural Life on the Miramichi -- 1 Richards's Ancestry -- 2 Richards's Birth and Early Years -- 3 Oliver Twist and the 1960s -- 4 Stepping Outside and In: St Thomas University to Small Heroics -- 5 Alden Nowlan and The Coming of Winter -- 6 Ties of Friendship and of Blood -- 7 'The great unwholesome anonymity of North America': Lives to AA -- 8 Rebuilding the Base: Fredericton, Stilt House, and the First GG Nomination -- Conclusion: Nights Below and Stars Above.

Sommario/riassunto

In David Adams Richards of the Miramichi, Tony Tremblay sheds light not only on Richards' art and achievements, but also on Canadian literary criticism in general.