LEADER 03727nam 2200613 450 001 9910460989503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-3230-5 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442632301 035 $a(CKB)3710000000438233 035 $a(EBL)3432204 035 $a(OCoLC)929154012 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669517 035 $a(CEL)450021 035 $a(OCoLC)918589093 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00930944 035 $a(DE-B1597)465818 035 $a(OCoLC)944178836 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442632301 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669517 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256049 035 $a(OCoLC)958511915 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000438233 100 $a20160920h19731973 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aOur intellectual strength and weakness $e'English-Canadian Literrature', 'French-Canadian Literature'. /$fJohn George Bourinot, Thomas Guthrie Marquis, Camille Roy ; introduction by Clara Thomas 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1973. 210 4$d©1973 215 $a1 online resource (299 p.) 225 1 $aLiterature of Canada Poetry and Prose in Reprint 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-6175-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tIntroduction -- $tOur Intellectual Strength and Weakness -- $t'English-Canadian Literature' -- $t'French-Canadian Literature' 330 $aThese three works, displaying marked differences in purpose, tone, and effect, are all classics of Canadian literary and cultural criticism.John George Bourinot was a man of letters, an Imperialist, and a biculturalist, who was confident of his knowledge of the Canadian identity and felt it to be his public mission to align reality with his own personal vision. Writing in 1893 to the élite represented by the members of the Royal Society, he described his work as ?a monograph on the intellectual development of the Dominion,? describing ?the progress of culture in a country still struggling with the difficulties of the material development of half a continent.?Two decades later, Thomas Guthrie Marquis and Camille Roy wrote what were, in contrast, specialized assignments, contributions to the compendium history, Canada and Its Provinces (1913). Addressing a far larger audience, and treating a vastly enlarged body of Canadian literature, their work comes much closer to contemporary scholarship, with greater clarity, organization, and sheer bulk of information, but with the loss of some of the charm and assurance of Bourinot?s wide sweep. In further contrast to Bourinot?s determined biculturalism and will to unity, Roy and Marquis? essays display vivid differences in the emotional allegiances and convictions of the founding cultures. Marquis starts by asking the question, ?Has Canada a voice of her own in literature distinct from that of England??; Roy treats French-Canadian literature in its Roman Catholic contexts. 410 0$aLiterature of Canada poetry and prose in reprint. 606 $aCanadian literature$xHistory and criticism 607 $aCanada$xIntellectual life 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCanadian literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a917.1 700 $aBourinot$b John George$f1837-1902,$0938914 702 $aThomas$b Clara 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460989503321 996 $aOur intellectual strength and weakness$92116478 997 $aUNINA