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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827701103321

Autore

Barr Robert <1849-1912, >

Titolo

The measure of the rule. / / Robert Barr ; introduction by Louis K. MacKendrick

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1973

©1973

ISBN

1-4426-5661-1

1-4426-3330-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Collana

Literature of Canada Poetry and Prose in Reprint

Disciplina

823/.8

Soggetti

Canadian literature - History and criticism

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

First published New York, D. Appleton, 1908.

"Literature in Canada [by] Robert Barr" pages [1]-27.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Introduction -- Select Bibliography -- Part One -- Part Two -- Chapter I -- Chapter II -- Chapter III -- Chapter IV -- Chapter V -- Chapter VI -- Chapter VII -- Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX -- Chapter X -- Chapter XI -- Chapter XII -- Chapter XIII -- Chapter XIV -- Chapter XV -- Chapter XVI -- Chapter XVII -- Chapter XVIII -- Chapter XIX -- Chapter XX -- Chapter XXI -- Backmatter

Sommario/riassunto

The Measure of the Rule, originally published in 1907, is the nearest Robert Barr came to writing an autobiographical novel. It concerns the Toronto Normal School and the experiences there in the 1870s of a young man who undoubtedly is Barr himself.