29 - Frances Brooke: She Who Wrote the First Canadian Novel!
Release Date: 02/07/2021
114 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, Part 2 (ONE YEAR LATER!)
A Cultural History of Canada
After one year, we are hear to finish our exploration of the man who has widely been called the greatest PM of Canadian history. Of course we'll laugh at him! Cartoons referenced:
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Max Brault on an building an 'Accessible Canada'
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick talks to Max Brault about The Race to the Starting Line, which details his public and private work as an accessibility activist, as well as his being one of the drivers of Canada's recent "Accessible Canada Act." --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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113 - Superman!
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we talk about the creation of the Man of Steel and why he matters. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana)
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112 - Reading & Discussing Clarke's "Whylah Falls"
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick reads from and raves about George Elliott Clarke's Whylah Falls while Mack is away. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings Clarke, George Elliott. Whylah Falls, Polestar Press, 1990.
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111 - Howard O'Hagan's Tay John
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we discuss a largely forgotten early example of the Canadian modern/postmodern in Howard O'Hagan's 1939 novel, Tay John. Sorry for the delayed episode release, we all got caught up in other things.... --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings
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Eve Lazarus on the Sinking of the Empress of Ireland
A Cultural History of Canada
A discussion with Eve Lazarus about her new book, Beneath Dark Waters! or at . --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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110 - Something Fascist This Way Comes
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we discuss how fascism has generally played out in Canada and why right wing movements today are different, all while Mack battles sleep live on the pod. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings Allan, Ted. This Time A Better Earth, Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press, 2015 [1939].
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Tim Falconer on Viola MacMillan & the Windfall Scandal
A Cultural History of Canada
An interview with Tim Falconer about his new book, Windfall! or at . --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
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109 - Hector de Saint-Denys-Garneau
A Cultural History of Canada
In which we talk about one of the most influential poets in modern Quebec - who only published one collection in his lifetime! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana) --- Further Readings
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On Women's Legal Struggles in Canadian History (w/ Karin Wells)
A Cultural History of Canada
In which Patrick talks to Karin Wells about her new book Women Who Woke Up the Law. You can or at ! --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); recommended reading (
info_outlineIn which we flash back to 1769 for a one-and-done-episode on 'The History of Emily Montague', a book often considered to be the very first Canadian novel - and it was written by a woman! How's that for being radical? We talk about 18th century feminism, the author's politics, what the book tells us about Canada at the time, and of course, whether this can be called a first in Canada!
Images that we compared: https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/2021/02/06/episode-29-extra-comparing-portraits-of-women-writers/
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Further Reading:
- Brooke, Frances. The History of Emily Montague, London: J. Dodsley, 1769. https://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/brooke/emily/emily.html
- Edwards, Mary Jane. Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague: A Biographical Context," English Studies in Canada 7, no. 2 (Summer 1981): 171-82. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/693761/pdf
- Howells, Robin. "Dialogism in Canada's First Novel: The History of Emily Montague," Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 20 (1993): 437-50. https://journals.library.ualberta.ca/crcl/index.php/crcl/article/view/3209
- McMullen, Lorraine. “Double image: Frances Brooke's Women Characters”, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 21:2, 1982, pp. 356-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449858208588735
- Robert, James Merrett, “The Politics of Romance in The History of Emily Montague,” Canadian Literature, no. 133, 1992, pp. 92-108. https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=133
- New, W. H. “Frances Brooke’s Chequered Gardens,” Canadian Literature, no. 52, 1972, pp. 24-38. https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=52
- Pacey, Desmond. “The First Canadian Novel,” The Dalhousie Review XXVI, pp. 143-150. https://dalspace.library.dal.ca/bitstream/handle/10222/57817/dalrev_vol26_iss2_pp143_150.pdf?sequence=1
- Sellwood, Jane. “Narrative as Coquette in Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague,” Canadian Literature, no. 136, 1993, pp. 60-81. https://canlit.ca/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/CL136-Full-Issue.pdf
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