The Thomas Chandler Haliburton SymposiumFrank Tierney University of Ottawa Press, 1. jaan 1985 - 172 pages Thomas Chandler Haliburton was perhaps the only Canadian writer whose name was a household word in nineteenth-century Canada. The ten papers in this volume reappraise the historical, geographical, political and literary contexts within which Haliburton lived and worked. His letters, his historical books, the Club papers and Sam Slick sketches are all included in these valuable and lively criticisms. |
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... original design and subsequent changes in the house , and brief reference to Haliburton's experience in England , Professor Penney reveals biographical facts of Haliburton's life in Nova Scotia and in England and Introduction.
... original design and subsequent changes in the house , and brief reference to Haliburton's experience in England , Professor Penney reveals biographical facts of Haliburton's life in Nova Scotia and in England and Introduction.
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... reveal new instances of Haliburton's warm sense of humanity , justice , and fair dealings , and new aspects of his literary , social , and political experiences in England , including relationships with such people as Richard Bentley ...
... reveal new instances of Haliburton's warm sense of humanity , justice , and fair dealings , and new aspects of his literary , social , and political experiences in England , including relationships with such people as Richard Bentley ...
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... revealed in Gwendolyn Davies ' study of " The Club Papers . This series of satirical sketches , first published in ... reveals his creative abilities for the first time through the Club papers . Professor Davies explains Haliburton's ...
... revealed in Gwendolyn Davies ' study of " The Club Papers . This series of satirical sketches , first published in ... reveals his creative abilities for the first time through the Club papers . Professor Davies explains Haliburton's ...
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... reveal his ideal for his Nova Scotians , while Sam Slick displays their shortcomings . Daniel Royot points to Haliburton's links . between various brands of the American comic spirit , Haliburton's new genre which was later used by Mark ...
... reveal his ideal for his Nova Scotians , while Sam Slick displays their shortcomings . Daniel Royot points to Haliburton's links . between various brands of the American comic spirit , Haliburton's new genre which was later used by Mark ...
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... had just become the owner . A drawing shows only one roof thickness , whereas an inspection of the roof void at the same place reveals 8 two roofs with an air space between them . Haliburton's "Clifton," at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
... had just become the owner . A drawing shows only one roof thickness , whereas an inspection of the roof void at the same place reveals 8 two roofs with an air space between them . Haliburton's "Clifton," at Windsor, Nova Scotia.
Contents
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Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Egerton Ryerson | 37 |
A Background Paper | 53 |
Haliburtons Literary Apprenticeship | 65 |
The Colonial Author and His Milieu | 83 |
The First Clockmakers | 93 |
Haliburton as a Historian | 103 |
Sam Slick and American Popular Humour | 123 |
Haliburtons International Yankee | 135 |
The Achievement of Thomas Chandler Haliburton An Assessment Panel | 151 |
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