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The Rock Observed: Studies in the Literature of Newfoundland
by O'Flaherty, Patrick
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0802023517
- ISBN 13
- 9780802023513
- Seller
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About This Item
Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1979 Book. As New. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. x (xix), 222 (2) pp, preface, b&w illustrations, maps, 1. 'It Passeth England': Literature of Discovery and Early Settlement, 1497-1670; 2. Fisthers of Men: Three Missionaries in Eighteenth-Century Newfoundland, 1764-98; 3. Walking New Ground: Books by two Newfoundland Pioneers, 1793-1895; 4. The Triumph of Sentiment: History and Commentary, 1793-1895; 5. The Lure of the North: Fiction and Travel Literature, 1850-1906; 6. Emigrant Muse: E.J. Pratt and Newfoundland, 1882-1907; 7. Bridging Two Worlds: Margared Dunley's Fiction, 1936-42; 8. Visions and Revisions: Some Writers in the new Foundland; 9. The Case of George Tuff: A Concluding Note; notes, credits for illustrations, index. First Edition, 1979. "Against a background of political, economic and cultural history the author submits the conflicting literary impressions of his island to a searching critical analysis. He finds the writings of explorers, missionaries, settlers, adventurers, novelists, and poets to be limited, or enlivened, by their own characters and preconceptions." from the jacket flap. Not Price Clipped. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Illustrated tan cloth with brown lettering to spine..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001249
- Title
- The Rock Observed: Studies in the Literature of Newfoundland
- Author
- O'Flaherty, Patrick
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0802023517
- ISBN 13
- 9780802023513
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Place of Publication
- Toronto
- Date Published
- 1979
- Keywords
- LITERARY CRITICISM CANADIAN LITERATURE NEW FOUNDLAND HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERARY CRITICISM;
- Size
- Large 8vo
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