Title Literature and painting in Quebec : from imagery to identity / William J. Berg

Published Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource Contents Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Landscape of Quebec: Nature and Culture, Space and Place -- 1 The French Heritage: From Utopia to Eden -- 2 Race, Place, and Identity in the Nineteenth-Century Short Story -- 3 The Fatherâ€?s Land Lost: Country versus City in the Early Novel -- 4 New Horizons in the Late Nineteenth-Century Novel -- 5 Impressionism and Nationalism in the Early Twentieth Century -- 6 Space, Place, and a Race That Will Not Die -- 7 Liberation and Modernity in the Wake of the War 8 From Solitude to Solidarity: La montagne secrÃ?te9 From Confinement to Constellation: Le premier jardin -- 10 â€?My Land(scape) is Winterâ€? -- Conclusion: From Imagery to Identity -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Colour plates Summary This unique study explores how Quebec's landscapes have been represented in both literature and visual art throughout the centuries, from the writing of early explorers such as Cartier and Champlain to work by prominent contemporary authors and artists from the province. William J. Berg traces recurrent images and themes within these creations through the most significant periods in the development of a Quebecois identity that was threatened initially by the wilderness and Indigenous populations, and later by the dominance of British and American influences.Focusing on the interplay between nature and culture in landscape representation, Literature and Painting in Quebec contends that both have reflected and fashioned the meaning of French-Canadian nationhood. As such, Literature and Painting in Quebec presents a new perspective to approach the notion of national identity, a quest that few groups have engaged in more persistently than the Quebecois Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-371) and index Notes Print version record Subject Art and literature -- Québec (Province) -- History Art, French-Canadian -- Québec (Province) -- Themes, motives Imagery (Psychology) in art. Imagery (Psychology) in literature. Landscape painting, Canadian -- Québec (Province) -- History National characteristics, French-Canadian, in art. National characteristics, French-Canadian, in literature. ART -- Canadian. LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- French. Art and literature Art, French-Canadian -- Themes, motives Imagery (Psychology) in art Imagery (Psychology) in literature Landscape painting, Canadian National characteristics, French-Canadian, in art National characteristics, French-Canadian, in literature Québec Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1442698292 9781442698291 9781442698307 1442698306

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