Romancing History? - Dragland, Stan
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Romancing History?: Wayne Johnston and "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams" closely re-examines how Wayne Johnston's seminal historical novel combines fact and fiction to shape our perception of the truth. First published in 2000, Wayne Johnston's The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an enduring contribution to the literature of Newfoundland and Labrador. In Romancing History?, Stan Dragland examines the novel's indelible portrait of its central character, Joey Smallwood. What liberties did Johnston take in transforming Smallwood from historical figure to literary character, and to what end?…mehr

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Romancing History?: Wayne Johnston and "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams" closely re-examines how Wayne Johnston's seminal historical novel combines fact and fiction to shape our perception of the truth. First published in 2000, Wayne Johnston's The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an enduring contribution to the literature of Newfoundland and Labrador. In Romancing History?, Stan Dragland examines the novel's indelible portrait of its central character, Joey Smallwood. What liberties did Johnston take in transforming Smallwood from historical figure to literary character, and to what end? Starting with this incisive analysis of Smallwood's "sea change," Dragland offers a luminous reading of Johnston's novel that sees it as "a giant contemplation of Newfoundland," one "large enough and compelling enough and playfully original enough to earn a place alongside other nation-making epics." Stan Dragland's Romancing History?: Wayne Johnston and "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams" is the 2001 Pratt Lecture, the oldest public lecture at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Pratt Lectures were established in 1968 to commemorate the legacy of E. J. Pratt. Over the years, the series has hosted world-renowned authors and scholars, including Northrop Frye, Seamus Heaney, Helen Vendler, Mary Dalton, George Elliott Clarke, and Dionne Brand.
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Professor Emeritus in English at Western University, Stan Dragland was also founder of Brick magazine and Brick Books and a prolific, critically acclaimed, and widely respected poet and author. His Strangers & Others: Newfoundland Essays (Pedlar, 2015) was a finalist for the prestigious BMO Winterset Award. Born and raised in Alberta, Dragland earned his PhD at Queen's University. He retired from his teaching post at Western in 1999 and moved to St. John's, NL. In 2020 he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. Dragland died in 2022.