03727nam 2200613 450 991046098950332120200520144314.01-4426-3230-510.3138/9781442632301(CKB)3710000000438233(EBL)3432204(OCoLC)929154012(MiAaPQ)EBC4669517(CEL)450021(OCoLC)918589093(CaBNVSL)thg00930944(DE-B1597)465818(OCoLC)944178836(DE-B1597)9781442632301(Au-PeEL)EBL4669517(CaPaEBR)ebr11256049(OCoLC)958511915(EXLCZ)99371000000043823320160920h19731973 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierOur intellectual strength and weakness 'English-Canadian Literrature', 'French-Canadian Literature'. /John George Bourinot, Thomas Guthrie Marquis, Camille Roy ; introduction by Clara ThomasToronto, [Ontario] ;Buffalo, [New York] :University of Toronto Press,1973.©19731 online resource (299 p.)Literature of Canada Poetry and Prose in ReprintIncludes index.0-8020-6175-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- Our Intellectual Strength and Weakness -- 'English-Canadian Literature' -- 'French-Canadian Literature' These three works, displaying marked differences in purpose, tone, and effect, are all classics of Canadian literary and cultural criticism.John George Bourinot was a man of letters, an Imperialist, and a biculturalist, who was confident of his knowledge of the Canadian identity and felt it to be his public mission to align reality with his own personal vision. Writing in 1893 to the élite represented by the members of the Royal Society, he described his work as ‘a monograph on the intellectual development of the Dominion,’ describing ‘the progress of culture in a country still struggling with the difficulties of the material development of half a continent.’Two decades later, Thomas Guthrie Marquis and Camille Roy wrote what were, in contrast, specialized assignments, contributions to the compendium history, Canada and Its Provinces (1913). Addressing a far larger audience, and treating a vastly enlarged body of Canadian literature, their work comes much closer to contemporary scholarship, with greater clarity, organization, and sheer bulk of information, but with the loss of some of the charm and assurance of Bourinot’s wide sweep. In further contrast to Bourinot’s determined biculturalism and will to unity, Roy and Marquis’ essays display vivid differences in the emotional allegiances and convictions of the founding cultures. Marquis starts by asking the question, ‘Has Canada a voice of her own in literature distinct from that of England?’; Roy treats French-Canadian literature in its Roman Catholic contexts.Literature of Canada poetry and prose in reprint.Canadian literatureHistory and criticismCanadaIntellectual lifeElectronic books.Canadian literatureHistory and criticism.917.1Bourinot John George1837-1902,938914Thomas ClaraMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910460989503321Our intellectual strength and weakness2116478UNINA