The Newfoundland diaspora
Delisle, Jennifer Bowering, 1979-
The Newfoundland diaspora mapping the literature of out-migration / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Delisle. - Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (vii, 211 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: mapping the literature of out-migration -- pt. 1. Defining the Newfoundland diaspora. Newfoundland and the concept of diaspora -- pt. 2. Affective responses. Donna Morrissey and the search for prairie gold ; "The 'going home again' complaint": Carl Leggo and nostalgia for Newfoundland -- pt. 3. Is the Newfoundlander "authentic" in the diaspora? E.J. Pratt and the gateway to Canada ; "A papier mâche rock": Wayne Johnston and rejecting regionalism -- pt. 4. Imagining the Newfoundland nation. "This is their country now": David French, confederation, and the imagined community ; Writing the "old lost land": Johnston part two -- pt. 5. Postmodern ethnicity and memoirs from away. Helen Buss/Margaret Clarke and the negotiation of identity ; The "Holdin' ground": David Macfarlane and the second generation -- Conclusion: writing in diaspora space.
9781554588954 1554588952
Migration.
Literatur.
Newfoundlanders--In literature.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Canadian literature--History and criticism.--Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland.
Newfoundland and Labrador--Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.
Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.)--In literature.
Electronic books.
PR9198.2.N4 / D45 2013
810.9/9718
The Newfoundland diaspora mapping the literature of out-migration / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Delisle. - Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2013. - 1 online resource (vii, 211 p.)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: mapping the literature of out-migration -- pt. 1. Defining the Newfoundland diaspora. Newfoundland and the concept of diaspora -- pt. 2. Affective responses. Donna Morrissey and the search for prairie gold ; "The 'going home again' complaint": Carl Leggo and nostalgia for Newfoundland -- pt. 3. Is the Newfoundlander "authentic" in the diaspora? E.J. Pratt and the gateway to Canada ; "A papier mâche rock": Wayne Johnston and rejecting regionalism -- pt. 4. Imagining the Newfoundland nation. "This is their country now": David French, confederation, and the imagined community ; Writing the "old lost land": Johnston part two -- pt. 5. Postmodern ethnicity and memoirs from away. Helen Buss/Margaret Clarke and the negotiation of identity ; The "Holdin' ground": David Macfarlane and the second generation -- Conclusion: writing in diaspora space.
9781554588954 1554588952
Migration.
Literatur.
Newfoundlanders--In literature.
Emigration and immigration in literature.
Canadian literature--History and criticism.--Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland.
Newfoundland and Labrador--Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.
Newfoundland, Island of (N.L.)--In literature.
Electronic books.
PR9198.2.N4 / D45 2013
810.9/9718