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TRANSLOCATED MODERNISMS: Paris and Other Lost Generations (Canadian Literature Collection)
Emily Ballantyne
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Description for TRANSLOCATED MODERNISMS: Paris and Other Lost Generations (Canadian Literature Collection)
Paperback. Translocated Modernisms focuses on the other lost generations of expatriates from modernism's global peripheries-principally but not exclusively from Canada-who travelled to and through Paris in the early to mid-20th century. Editor(s): Ballantyne, Emily; Dvorak, Marta; Irvine, Dean. Series: Canadian Literature Collection. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 301.
Translocated Modernisms is a collection of ten chapters partitioned into sections and framed by an introduction by the editors and a coda by Kit Dobson, which is interested in those who thronged to the vibrant streets, cafes, and salons of Montparnasse, those who stayed such as Brion Gysin and Mavis Gallant, those who returned home such as Morley Callaghan, John Glassco, David Silverberg, and Sheila Watson, and those who galvanized local cultural practices by appropriating and translating them from elsewhere. While for some Paris becomes a permanent home, for others, it is simply a temporary excursion which can ... Read more
Translocated Modernisms is a collection of ten chapters partitioned into sections and framed by an introduction by the editors and a coda by Kit Dobson, which is interested in those who thronged to the vibrant streets, cafes, and salons of Montparnasse, those who stayed such as Brion Gysin and Mavis Gallant, those who returned home such as Morley Callaghan, John Glassco, David Silverberg, and Sheila Watson, and those who galvanized local cultural practices by appropriating and translating them from elsewhere. While for some Paris becomes a permanent home, for others, it is simply a temporary excursion which can ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Ottawa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Canadian Literature Collection
Condition
New
Weight
301g
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776623801
SKU
V9780776623801
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About Emily Ballantyne
Emily Ballantyne is a doctoral candidate in English at Dalhousie University, where she is a Killam Fellow and a recent SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship recipient. Marta Dvorak is Professor Emeritus of the Universite Sorbonne Nouvelle, in Paris. She has published over a hundred articles and book chapters on writers ranging from Canada's Emily Carr, A.M. Klein, Mavis Gallant, and ... Read more
Reviews for TRANSLOCATED MODERNISMS: Paris and Other Lost Generations (Canadian Literature Collection)
The University of Ottawa Press excels with its Canadian Literature Collection, recently adding several Lowry projects, including The 1940 Under the Volcano, Swinging the Maelstrom, and In Ballast to the White Sea, the last of which Mota and Tiessen discuss in Translocated Modernisms.
James Gifford spec. issue 233 (07/01/2017) Translocated Modernisms is a useful addition to the library of books ... Read more
James Gifford spec. issue 233 (07/01/2017) Translocated Modernisms is a useful addition to the library of books ... Read more