Backwoodsmen as Ecocritical Motif in French Canadian Literature: Connecting Worlds in the Wilds

231 Pages·2016·10.301 MB·English

by  Anne Rehill

Backwoodsmen as Ecocritical Motif
in French Canadian Literature
After the Empire:
The Francophone World and
Postcolonial France
SeriesEditor:
ValérieK.Orlando,UniversityofMaryland
AdvisoryBoard
RobertBernasconi,MemphisUniversity;ClaireH.Griffiths,UniversityofChester,UK;
Alec Hargreaves, Florida State University; Chima Korieh, Rowan University; Mildred
Mortimer,UniversityofColorado,Boulder;ObiomaNnaemeka,IndianaUniversity;Ali-
sonRice,Universityof Notre Dame; Kamal Salhi, Universityof Leeds; TracyD. Shar-
pley-Whiting,VanderbiltUniversity;NwachukwuFrankUkadike,TulaneUniversity
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Backwoodsmen as Ecocritical Motif
in French Canadian Literature
Connecting Worlds in the Wilds
Annie Rehill
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface xi
1 IntroductionandHistoricalContext:CoureursdeBoisand
Voyageurs 1
2 TheoreticalApproach:MovementsThroughTimeandPlaceon
Earth 29
3 ConstructionofandConstructionsinTaché’sForestierset
voyageurs 57
4 ControllingandExploitingWildnessinLouisHémon’sMaria
ChapdelaineandLéo-PaulDesrosiers’LesEngagésduGrand
Portage 98
5 CoureusesandCoureursdeBois:APeople’sBecomingin
AntonineMaillet’sPélagie-la-charrette 138
6 Conclusions:MotifsofCapitalistExpansion,Socialist
Cooperation,andInterculturalConnections 170
Bibliography 188
Index 196
AbouttheAuthor 204
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