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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... turn to descriptions and por- traits by other people . If the person is a writer we give some weight to his writings , which often illuminate his prejudices , attitudes , and inter- ests . Haliburton is usually quite explicit about his ...
... turn to descriptions and por- traits by other people . If the person is a writer we give some weight to his writings , which often illuminate his prejudices , attitudes , and inter- ests . Haliburton is usually quite explicit about his ...
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... turns aside slightly . This is part of the " Picturesque " style of landscaping , which was very popular for a long period , and was presumably the idea of his wife , who is supposed to have received art training in Paris . Lord ...
... turns aside slightly . This is part of the " Picturesque " style of landscaping , which was very popular for a long period , and was presumably the idea of his wife , who is supposed to have received art training in Paris . Lord ...
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... turn it into a hotel . In 1904 , he called the new hotel the " Sam Slick Hotel . " Considerable confusion was thus created . It is fortunate that there is a photograph which shows the extension to the house under construction and there ...
... turn it into a hotel . In 1904 , he called the new hotel the " Sam Slick Hotel . " Considerable confusion was thus created . It is fortunate that there is a photograph which shows the extension to the house under construction and there ...
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... turns to one side . One early visitor in 1839 records his observations as follows : We arrived at Windsor before six o'clock and I immediately proceeded to the Beautiful seat of T.C. Haliburton Esqur . the far famed Author of Sam Slick ...
... turns to one side . One early visitor in 1839 records his observations as follows : We arrived at Windsor before six o'clock and I immediately proceeded to the Beautiful seat of T.C. Haliburton Esqur . the far famed Author of Sam Slick ...
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Contents
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7 | |
25 | |
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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