Literature and Painting in Quebec

From Imagery to Identity

William J. Berg (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

394 Seiten

2013
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-1594-6 (ISBN)

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This unique study explores how Quebec's landscapes have been represented in both literature and visual art throughout the centuries, from the writing of early explorers such as Cartier and Champlain to work by prominent contemporary authors and artists from the province. William J. Berg traces recurrent images and themes within these creations through the most significant periods in the development of a Quebecois identity that was threatened initially by the wilderness and indigenous populations, and later by the dominance of British and American influences.

Focusing on the interplay between nature and culture in landscape representation, Literature and Painting in Quebec contends that both have reflected and fashioned the meaning of French-Canadian nationhood. As such, Literature and Painting in Quebec presents a new perspective to approach the notion of national identity, a quest that few groups have engaged in more persistently than the Quebecois.

William J. Berg is a professor in the Department of French and Italian at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Illustrations
Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Landscape of Quebec: Nature and Culture, / Space and Place
Chapter One: The French Heritage: From Utopia to Eden
Chapter Two: Race, Place, and Identity in the Nineteenth-Century Short Story
Chapter Three: The Father's Land Lost: Country Versus versus City in the Early Novel
Chapter Five: Impressionism and Nationalism in the Early Twentieth-Century
Chapter Six: Space, Place, and a Race That Will Not Die
Chapter Seven: Liberation and Modernity in the Wake of the War
Chapter Eight: From Solitude to Solidarity: La montagne secrète
Chapter Nine: From Confinement to Constellation: Le premier jardin
Chapter Ten: ‘My Land(scape) is Winte’
Conclusion: From Imagery to Identity

Endnotes
Works Cited
Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	28.6.2013
Zusatzinfo	40 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	540 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4426-1594-X / 144261594X
ISBN-13	978-1-4426-1594-6 / 9781442615946
Zustand	Neuware