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100 1 $aHanson, Carter F.
245 10 $aEmigration, nation, vocation :$bthe literature of English emigration to Canada, 1825-1900 /$cCarter F. Hanson.
260 $aEast Lansing :$bMichigan State University Press,$cc2009.
300 $axxxiii, 194 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe literature of landed vocation in Ontario, 1825-1870 -- Masculine and feminine vocation in fiction of the Canadian West, 1870-1900 -- Emigrant gentlewomen and colonial vocation in Ontario, 1830-1870 -- The anxiety of Englishness and hybrid identity in English-Canadian emigrant writings, 1880-1900.
520 1 $a"Carter F. Hanson's Emigration, Notion, Vocation is a careful synthesis of a too-neglected subject, While critics have long noted the English emigrant as ubiquitous presence in early Canadian texts, apart from Susanna Moodie and Catherine Parr Traill, that presence has not been explained. Hanson has done so very well here, and he writes with precision, understanding, and imaginative grasp. This is a book for anyone interested in Canadian writing.-Robert Thacker, author of The Great Prairie Fact and Literary Imagination" "What I admire most in this study is its diligent pursuit of the "cultural dynamics" of English emigration to colonial Canada in the nineteenth century. Carefully analyzing the language and ideology of Victorian England, particularly the prevailing and compelling discourses on work, middle-class identity, and "landed vocation," Hanson provides astute readings of well-known texts by writers like Catharine Parr Traill and Susanna Moodie and of many now-overlooked books by authors such as Frederick DelaFosse, John Mackie, R.E.W. Goodridge, and Mrs. H.B. King. Bringing understanding and empathy to his readings of individual texts and the evolution of Canada over the century, he enables the reader to catch the tension between economic self-interest and a commitment to the grand imperial design that underpinned so much thinking about Canada before the twentieth century.-Michael Peterman, Professor Emeritus, Trent University"--Jacket.
650 0 $aImmigrants' writings, Canadian$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEnglish fiction$y19th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aEmigration and immigration in literature.
650 0 $aImmigrants in literature.
650 0 $aVocation in literature.
650 0 $aMiddle class in literature.
650 0 $aClass consciousness in literature.
650 0 $aNational characteristics, English, in literature.
650 0 $aMiddle class$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aBritish$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century.
655 7 $aCriticism, interpretation, etc.$2fast
655 7 $aHistory.$2fast
776 08 $iOnline version:$aHanson, Carter F.$tEmigration, nation, vocation.$dEast Lansing : Michigan State University Press, ©2009$w(OCoLC)746270337
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