Elizabeth Galway

From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood

Children's Literature and the Construction of Canadian Identity

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood offers an examination of various works of children¿s literature from an important period in Canadian history, and explores the significant connections between the formation of national identities and literary works for young readers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 463g
• ISBN-13: 9780415958486
• ISBN-10: 0415958482
• Artikelnr.: 25007083

Autorenporträt

Elizabeth A. Galway received her B.A. from the University of Toronto, her M.A. from Durham University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Exeter, and is the author of articles on children's literature, Canadian literature, and Victorian literature. She now teaches in the Department of English at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta.

Inhaltsangabe

Series Editor's Forward
Acknowledgments
Introduction: From Nursery Rhymes to Nationhood
Chapter One: The View From Afar: British and American Perspectives
Chapter Two: Forest, Prairie, Sea, and Mountain: Canadian Regionalism
Chapter Three: A Question of Loyalties: Britain and Canada
Chapter Four: Due South: America and Canada
Chapter Five: Sleeping With the Enemy? The Figure of the French Canadian
Chapter Six: Flint and Feather: The Figure of the Indian
Chapter Seven: Fact or Fiction? The Making of Canadian History
Chapter Eight: "The True North Strong and Free": Landscape and Environment
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index