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

• Autore: Neary Peter <1938->
• Pubblicazione: Toronto, Ontario ; ; Buffalo, New York ; ; London, England : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1974; ©1974
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (279 p.)
• Disciplina: 971.8
• Soggetto topico: Canadian literature - Newfoundland and Labrador
• Soggetto geografico: Newfoundland and Labrador History Sources; Labrador (N.L.) Literary collections; Newfoundland and Labrador Literary collections
• Soggetto genere / forma: Sources.; Literary collections.; History; Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): O'FlahertyPatrick; NearyPeter
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Part 1 Discovery and Early Exploration -- Vinland -- Johan Day's Letter (1497) -- Jacques Cartier Visits the Funks (1534) -- The Letter of Stephen Parmenius (6 August 1583) -- John Guy's Encounter with the Savages (1612) -- John Mason's Account of Newfoundland (1620) -- A Letter from Ferry land (18 August 1622) -- Sir Richard Whitbourne's Description of His Newfoundland Adventures (1623) -- Robert Hayman: 'Composed and Done at Harbour Grace' (1628) -- Vaughan's 'Golden Island' Reconsidered (1630) -- Part 2 Transatlantic Outpost -- James Yonge: A Plymouth Surgeon in Newfoundland (1663) -- Abbe Jean Baudoin: The 'Winter War' of 1696-7 -- Government and Religion (1762) -- Jens Haven: 'Here is an Innuit' (1764) -- Griffith Williams: An English View of Irish Settlers (1765) -- Joseph Banks, Scientist and Gentleman (1766) -- George Cartwright: 'Too Many Houses, Too Much Smoke, Too Many People' (1772-3) -- Lawrence Coughlan: 'A Precious People' (1776) -- John Hoskins: A Methodist Missionary in Trinity Bay (1774-84) -- David Buchan's Expedition to the Interior (1811) -- Patrick Morris: A Plea for Reform. The Case of James Landergan(1818) -- William Cormack Reaches the Interior of Newfoundland (1822) -- William Wilson: Shanandithit, the Last of the Beothucks (1823) -- Part 3 The Colonial Era -- Edward Wix: Wrecking (1835) -- Joseph Jukes: 'Overboard with You! Gaffs and Pokers!' (1840) -- Thomas Talbot: 'A Baptism of Violence' (1840) -- Richard Bonnycastle: The Class Structure in Newfoundland (1842) -- Philip Tocque: Drowning a Dog (1846) -- John Grace: The Petty Harbour Bait Skiff (1852) -- Robert Lowell: An Official Examination from Which Something Appears (1858) -- Julian Moreton: A Parson and His People (1863) -- Daniel Prowse: 'The Poor Man's Road' (1880). ; Frederick Lloyd: Winter Scenes from the Great Northern Peninsula (1882-4) -- Moses Harvey: The Great Fire of 8 July 1892 -- Henry Beckles Willson: Loiterers (1897) -- Part 4 North Atlantic Dominion -- Norman Duncan: Reflections on the Death of Solomon Stride, Fisherman (1902) -- Dillon Wallace: Prisoners of the Wind (1903) -- James Connolly: The Drawn Shutters (1905) -- Norman Duncan: 'A Great Lottery of Hope and Fortune' (1905) -- Daniel Carroll: Arthur. In Memoriam: Captain Arthur Jackman (1907) -- Wilfred Grenfell: Adrift on an Ice-Pan (1908) -- Horace G. Hutchinson: Outport Man Refashioned (1910) -- Fishermen's Protective Union: 'Forty Thousand Strong' (1913) -- Joshua Stansford Calls on Friends (1910, 1916) -- John Devine: The Badger Drive (c 1915) -- Henry Gordon: Spanish 'Flu in Labrador (1918) -- Nicholas Smith: Coming Home from Labrador (1919) -- George England: 'Man's Mark and Sign and Signal in the North' (1922) -- Edwin Pratt: 'An Edge for Human Grief (1923-32) -- Bob Bartlett's Boyhood (1928) -- Sir William Coaker Bows Out (1930) -- Part 5 Breakers Ahead -- Joseph Smallwood: Newfoundland Today (1931) -- Arthur Scammell: The Six-Horsepower Coaker (1940) -- Margaret Duley: The Healer (1941) -- Peter Dalzel Job: 'White Bread and Canned Food' (1947) -- Arthur Scammell: Hard Cash (1950) -- Ron Pollett: Memories of Didder Hill (1951) -- Farley Mowat: 'This Unquiet Seaboard' (1958) -- Paul West: A Lullaby Too Rough (1963) -- Franklin Russell: The Island of Auks (1965) -- Harold Horwood: Tomorrow will be Sunday (1966) -- Edward Russell: Uncle Mose Begins His Chronicles (1966) -- Alfred Purdy: Beothuck Indian Skeleton in Glass Case (1968) -- Eugene Cloutier: 'What Do the Young People Dream Of?' -- Paul O'Neill: Iceland Poppies (1968) -- Selected Secondary Material on Aspects of Newfoundland Literature.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: By great waters
• ISBN: 1-4426-5597-6; 1-4426-2341-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910787227303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social history of Canada ; ; 21.