Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• WALTER E. RIEDEL

Titel

INTRODUCTION: Canada’s Cultural Mosaic and the Literature of the German-speaking Canadians

Ist Teil von

• The Old World and the New, 1984, p.3

Ort / Verlag

University of Toronto Press

Erscheinungsjahr

1984

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Quelle

Alma/SFX Local Collection

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The search for identity has become a characteristically Canadian preoccupation. Although Canada’s existence as an independent nation dates back to just over a century, its historical development encompasses a far greater span. Its history comprises the original inhabitants of a vast continent, the exploration and the settlement emanating primarily from Europe and resulting in a colonial allegiance – first to France, then to Britain – and the colonies’ resistance to the varied and powerful influences coming from their southern neighbour, the United States. In his study The Canadian Imagination, David Staines aptly describes Canada’s history as ‘a series of attempts