Establishing Our Boundaries

English-Canadian Theatre Criticism
Herausgeber: Wagner, Anton

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Produktbeschreibung

Establishing Our Boundaries Is A Cultural History Of Canada As Seen Through the eyes of twenty-one of English Canada's leading theatre critics commenting on the creation of an indigenous Canadian national theatre and drama over two centuries. As Canada has transformed from colony to Dominion to independent nation, the development of a national theatre and the public responses to it have both reflected and affected how we know ourselves.

Eighteen essays, written by top scholars in the field, cover the range of influential English language theatre reviewing from 1829 to 1998, and from Vancouver to Halifax. The word 'critic, ' refers primarily to newspaper columnists. The criticism under scrutiny here -- much of it only available on microfiche -- is generally short, ten column inches, and reflects an immediate, often heated response to the show. Some longer pieces, Hector Charlesworth's 1890-1945) and B.K. Sandwell's (1932-1951) work at Saturday Night are also examined. The editor's extensive introductory essay explains the cultural context for the material considered and suggests a current crisis in criticism.

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An impressive collection of essays by 21 of English Canada's leading theatre critics provides a cultural history of Canada, and Canadians intense relationship to theatre, from 1829 to 1998, and across the whole country.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• 74th edition
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 238mm x 163mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 762g
• ISBN-13: 9780802041159
• ISBN-10: 0802041159
• Artikelnr.: 22244327

Autorenporträt

Edited by Anton Wagner

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
INTRODUCTION
1. Establishing Our Boundaries: English-Canadian Theatre Criticism by
Anton Wagner (York University)
PART ONE: Editor-Critics
1. From Puffery to Criticism - Willon Lyon Mackenzie, Joseph Howe, and
Daniel Morrison: Theatre Criticism in Halifax and Toronto, 1826-1857
by Patrick B O'Neill (Mount Saint Vincent University)
PART TWO: Reviewer-Critics
1. The Critic as Reviewer: E.R. Parkhurst at the Toronto Mail and Globe
1876-1924 by Ross Stuart (York University)
2. The Cosmopolitan, the Cultural Nationalist, and the Egocentric
Critic: Harriet Walker, Charles W. Handscomb, and Charles H. Wheeler
in Winnipeg, 1898-1906 Douglas Arrel (University of Winnipeg)
PART THREE: Cultural Nationalism
1. Hector Willoughby Charlesworth and the Nationalization of Cultural
Authority, 1890-1945 by Denis Salter (McGill University)
2. Saving the Nation's Aesthetic Soul: B.K. Sandwell at the Montreal
Herald, 1900-1914, and Saturday Night, 1932-1951 by Anton Wagner
3. Becoming Actively Creative: Dr. Lawrence Mason, the Globe's Critic,
1924-1939 by Anton Wagner
4. Herbert Whittaker. Reporting from the Front: The Montreal Gazette,
1937-1949, and the Globe and Mail, 1949-1975 by Jennifer Harvie
(University of London) and Richard Paul Knowles (University of
Guelph)
5. Criticism in a Canadian Social Context: Nathan Cohen's Theatre
Criticism, 1946-1971 by Don Rublin (former chair, Department of
Theatre at York University)
6. In Anger and Hope: Oscar Ryan at the Canadian Tribune, 1955-1988 by
Mayte Gómez (PhD cand., McGill University)
7. The Classical Humanist: Jamie Portman at the Calgary Herald,
1959-1975, and the Southern News Service, 1975-1987 by Moira Day
(University of Saskatchewan)
8. The Archetypal Enthusiast: Urjo Kareda at the Toronto Star, 1971-1975
by Denis Johnston (Shaw Festival)
9. The Critic as Cultural Nationalist: Don Rubin at the Toronto Star,
1968-1972, and the Canadian Theatre Review, 1974-1982 by Ira Levine
(Ryerson, Chair Canadian Association of Fine Arts Deans)
PART FOUR: The Post-Nationalist Period
1. Subverting Modernisms in British Columbia: Christopher Dafoe at the
Vancouver Sun, 1968-1975 by James Hoffman (University College of the
Cariboo)
2. Journalist or Critic? Brian Brennan at the Calgary Herald, 1975-1988
by Diane Bessai (University of Alberta)
3. The Iconoclast Sceptic on the Beat: Gina Mallet at the Toronto Star,
1976-1984 by Alan Filewod (University of Guelph)
4. Establishing Contact between Two Cultures: Marianne Ackerman at the
Montreal Gazette, 1983-1987 by Leanore Lieblein (former chair of
English, McGill University)
5. Theatre - Transgression of Tribal Celebration? Ray Conlogue at the
Globe and Mail, 1978-1998 by Robert Nunn (Brock University)
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