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  1. A few acres of snow
    literary and artistic images of Canada
    Published: 1992
    Publisher:  Dundurn Press, Toronto [Ont.]

    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden / Hochschulbibliothek Amberg
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    Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Hochschulbibliothek, Standort Weiden
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1282808931; 1550021575; 1554880505; 9781282808935; 9781550021578; 9781554880508
    Subjects: Canada dans la littérature; Canada dans l'art; Paysage dans l'art; LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; Letterkunde; Landschappen; Literatur; Canada in literature; Canada in art; Landscapes in literature; Landscapes in art; Kunst; Literatur; Kanada <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 277 pages)
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Cover13; -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 No Vacant Eden -- 2 Hugh MacLennan: Literary Geographer of a Nation -- 3 "The Kindling Touch of Imagination": Charles William Jefferys and Canadian Identity -- 4 Theory in Literary Geography: The Poetry of Charles Mair -- 5 Moral Frames for Landscape in Canadian Literature -- 6 In a Hard Land: The Geographical Context of Canadian Industrial Landscape Painting -- 7 Human Encroachments on a Domineering Physical Landscape -- 8 The North and Native Symbols: Landscape as Universe -- 9 The Forest Landscape in Maritime Canadian and Swedish Literature: A Comparative Analysis -- 10 Elizabeth Bishop from Nova Scotia: "Half Nova Scotian, Half New Englander, Wholly Atlantic" -- 11 Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being: Literature, Place, and Tourism in L.M. Montgomery's Prince Edward Island -- 12 La Mer, La Patrie: Pointe-aux-Coques by Antonine Maillet -- 13 Picturing the Picturesque: Lucius O'Brien's Sunrise on the Saguenay -- 14 Revisioning the Roman Catholic Environment: Geographical Attitudes in Gabrielle Roy's The Cashier -- 15 Monumental Buildings: Perspectives by Two Montreal Painters -- 16 Augurs of "Gentrification": City Houses of Four Canadian Painters -- 17 Drawing Earth; Or Representing Region Niagara: An Approach to Public Geography -- 18 The Manitoba Landscape of Martha Ostenso's Wild Geese -- 19 Deriving Geographical Information from the Novels of Frederick Philip Grove -- 20 "Cloud-Bound": The Western Landscapes of Marmaduke Matthews -- 21 Structured Feeling: Japanese Canadian Poetry and Landscape -- 22 A Loving Nature: Malcolm Lowry in British Columbia -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

  2. A few acres of snow
    literary and artistic images of Canada
    Contributor: Norcliffe, G. B. (Hrsg.); Simpson-Housley, Paul (Hrsg.)
    Published: 1992
    Publisher:  Dundurn Press, Toronto [Ont.]

    Cover13; -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 No Vacant Eden -- 2 Hugh MacLennan: Literary Geographer of a Nation -- 3 "The Kindling Touch of Imagination": Charles William Jefferys and Canadian Identity -- 4... more

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    Hochschule Aalen, Bibliothek
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    Hochschule Esslingen, Bibliothek
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    Saarländische Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
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    Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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    Cover13; -- Contents -- Contributors -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1 No Vacant Eden -- 2 Hugh MacLennan: Literary Geographer of a Nation -- 3 "The Kindling Touch of Imagination": Charles William Jefferys and Canadian Identity -- 4 Theory in Literary Geography: The Poetry of Charles Mair -- 5 Moral Frames for Landscape in Canadian Literature -- 6 In a Hard Land: The Geographical Context of Canadian Industrial Landscape Painting -- 7 Human Encroachments on a Domineering Physical Landscape -- 8 The North and Native Symbols: Landscape as Universe -- 9 The Forest Landscape in Maritime Canadian and Swedish Literature: A Comparative Analysis -- 10 Elizabeth Bishop from Nova Scotia: "Half Nova Scotian, Half New Englander, Wholly Atlantic" -- 11 Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being: Literature, Place, and Tourism in L.M. Montgomery's Prince Edward Island -- 12 La Mer, La Patrie: Pointe-aux-Coques by Antonine Maillet -- 13 Picturing the Picturesque: Lucius O'Brien's Sunrise on the Saguenay -- 14 Revisioning the Roman Catholic Environment: Geographical Attitudes in Gabrielle Roy's The Cashier -- 15 Monumental Buildings: Perspectives by Two Montreal Painters -- 16 Augurs of "Gentrification": City Houses of Four Canadian Painters -- 17 Drawing Earth; Or Representing Region Niagara: An Approach to Public Geography -- 18 The Manitoba Landscape of Martha Ostenso's Wild Geese -- 19 Deriving Geographical Information from the Novels of Frederick Philip Grove -- 20 "Cloud-Bound": The Western Landscapes of Marmaduke Matthews -- 21 Structured Feeling: Japanese Canadian Poetry and Landscape -- 22 A Loving Nature: Malcolm Lowry in British Columbia -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z. In 1759, Voltaire in Candide referred to Canada as "quelques arpents de neige." For several centuries, the image prevailed and was the one most frequently used by poets, writers, and illustrators. Canada was perceived and portrayed as a cold, hard, and unforgiving land. this was not a land for the fainthearted. Canada has yieled its wealth only reluctantly, while periodically threatening life itself with its displays of fury. Discovering its beauty and hidden resources requires patience and perseverance. A Few Acres of Snow is a colletion of twenty-two essays that explore, from the geographer's perspective, how poets, artists, and writers have addressed the physical essence of Canada, both landscape and cityscape. "Sense of place" is clearly critical in the works examined in this volume. Included among the book's many subjects are Hugh MacLennan, Gabrielle Roy, Lucius O'Brien, the art of the Inuit, Lawren Harris, Malcolm Lowry, C.W. Jefferys, L.M. Montgomery, Elizabeth Bishop, Marmaduke Matthews, Antonine Mailet, and the poetry of Japanese Canadians

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Norcliffe, G. B. (Hrsg.); Simpson-Housley, Paul (Hrsg.)
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781554880508; 1554880505; 1282808931; 9781282808935
    Subjects: Canada in literature; Canada in art; Canada dans la littérature; Canada dans l'art; Paysage dans l'art; Landscapes in literature; Landscapes in art; Landscapes in art; Landscapes in literature; LITERARY CRITICISM ; American ; General; Letterkunde; Literature; Art; Livres numériques; Landschappen
    Scope: Online Ressource (xii, 277 pages), illustrations, maps
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    Includes bibliographical references and index. - Description based on print version record

  3. A few acres of snow
    literary and artistic images of Canada
    Published: 1992
    Publisher:  Dundurn Press, Toronto [Ont.] ; EBSCO Industries, Inc., Birmingham, AL, USA

    In 1759, Voltaire in Candide referred to Canada as "quelques arpents de neige." For several centuries, the image prevailed and was the one most frequently used by poets, writers, and illustrators. Canada was perceived and portrayed as a cold, hard,... more

    Bibliothek der Hochschule Mainz, Untergeschoss
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    In 1759, Voltaire in Candide referred to Canada as "quelques arpents de neige." For several centuries, the image prevailed and was the one most frequently used by poets, writers, and illustrators. Canada was perceived and portrayed as a cold, hard, and unforgiving land. this was not a land for the fainthearted. Canada has yieled its wealth only reluctantly, while periodically threatening life itself with its displays of fury. Discovering its beauty and hidden resources requires patience and perseverance. A Few Acres of Snow is a colletion of twenty-two essays that explore, from the geographer's perspective, how poets, artists, and writers have addressed the physical essence of Canada, both landscape and cityscape. "Sense of place" is clearly critical in the works examined in this volume. Included among the book's many subjects are Hugh MacLennan, Gabrielle Roy, Lucius O'Brien, the art of the Inuit, Lawren Harris, Malcolm Lowry, C.W. Jefferys, L.M. Montgomery, Elizabeth Bishop, Marmaduke Matthews, Antonine Mailet, and the poetry of Japanese Canadians.

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Contributor: Norcliffe, G. B.; Simpson-Housley, Paul
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 9781554880508; 1554880505; 1282808931; 9781282808935
    RVK Categories: HQ 4002
    Subjects: Literatur; Kunst; Kanada <Motiv>; Landschaft <Motiv>
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (xii, 277 pages), Illustrations, maps
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

  4. A Few acres of snow
    literary and artistic images of Canada
    Published: 1992
    Publisher:  Dundurn Press, Toronto

    Hochschulbibliothek Friedensau
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 1282808931; 9781282808935; 9781770700697
    Subjects: Landscapes; Art, Canadian; French-Canadian literature; Landscapes in literature; Canadian literature
    Scope: Online-Ressource (xii, 277 p), ill
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    ""Contents""; ""Contributors""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 No Vacant Eden""; ""2 Hugh MacLennan: Literary Geographer of a Nation""; ""3 ""The Kindling Touch of Imagination"": Charles William Jefferys and Canadian Identity""; ""4 Theory in Literary Geography: The Poetry of Charles Mair""; ""5 Moral Frames for Landscape in Canadian Literature""; ""6 In a Hard Land: The Geographical Context of Canadian Industrial Landscape Painting""; ""7 Human Encroachments on a Domineering Physical Landscape""; ""8 The North and Native Symbols: Landscape as Universe""

    ""9 The Forest Landscape in Maritime Canadian and Swedish Literature: A Comparative Analysis""""10 Elizabeth Bishop from Nova Scotia: ""Half Nova Scotian, Half New Englander, Wholly Atlantic""""; ""11 Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being: Literature, Place, and Tourism in L.M. Montgomery's Prince Edward Island""; ""12 La Mer, La Patrie: Pointe-aux-Coques by Antonine Maillet""; ""13 Picturing the Picturesque: Lucius O'Brien's Sunrise on the Saguenay""; ""14 Revisioning the Roman Catholic Environment: Geographical Attitudes in Gabrielle Roy's The Cashier""

    ""15 Monumental Buildings: Perspectives by Two Montreal Painters""""16 Augurs of ""Gentrification"": City Houses of Four Canadian Painters""; ""17 Drawing Earth; Or Representing Region Niagara: An Approach to Public Geography""; ""18 The Manitoba Landscape of Martha Ostenso's Wild Geese""; ""19 Deriving Geographical Information from the Novels of Frederick Philip Grove""; ""20 ""Cloud-Bound"": The Western Landscapes of Marmaduke Matthews""; ""21 Structured Feeling: Japanese Canadian Poetry and Landscape""; ""22 A Loving Nature: Malcolm Lowry in British Columbia""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""

    ""C""""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z""