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Toward Defining the Prairies: Region, Culture, and History

Robert Wardhaugh

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New ways of thinking about literature and history have radically changed how we think about or even "define" a region like the Prairie West. In fact, the very concept of "defining" has come into question by new theoretical approaches and it may now seem a hopeless endeavour. But the process of defining can be just as important as the actual production of a definition.Toward Defining the Prairies highlights recent approaches to thinking about the Prairie West. Bounded by pieces from well-known historian Gerald Friesen and Governor-General's Award-winning writer Robert Kroetsch, these 13 essays are as diverse as the region itself. In their examination of different aspects of Prairie history, literature, climate, society, culture, and identity, they help to provide a new understanding of this place and of the complexities of its definition.

Language: English

Pages: 232

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Manitoba Press

Release: April 28, 2001

ISBN: 0887556728

ISBN 13: 9780887556722

Toward Defining the Prairies: Region, Culture, and History

Robert Wardhaugh

3/5 ( ratings)

New ways of thinking about literature and history have radically changed how we think about or even "define" a region like the Prairie West. In fact, the very concept of "defining" has come into question by new theoretical approaches and it may now seem a hopeless endeavour. But the process of defining can be just as important as the actual production of a definition.Toward Defining the Prairies highlights recent approaches to thinking about the Prairie West. Bounded by pieces from well-known historian Gerald Friesen and Governor-General's Award-winning writer Robert Kroetsch, these 13 essays are as diverse as the region itself. In their examination of different aspects of Prairie history, literature, climate, society, culture, and identity, they help to provide a new understanding of this place and of the complexities of its definition.

Language: English

Pages: 232

Format: Paperback

Publisher: University of Manitoba Press

Release: April 28, 2001

ISBN: 0887556728

ISBN 13: 9780887556722

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