The Farm Novel in North America Genre and Nation in the United States, English Canada, and French Canada, 1845-1945
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Surveying the Fields
- 2 Early Sowings: St. John de Crèvecocur's “History of Andrew, the Hebridean,” Patrice Lacombe's La terre paternelle, and Susanna Moodie's Roughing It in the Bush
- 3 Laws of Nature: Frank Norris's The Octopus, Albert Laberge's La Scouine, and Frederick Philip Grove's Settlers of the Marsh
- 4 New World Demeters: Willa Cather's O Pioneers!, Louis Hémon's Maria Chapdelaine, and Martha Ostenso's Wild Geese
- 5 Rich Harvests: Joseph Kirkland's Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County, Claude-Henri Grignon's Un homme et son péché, and Frederick Philp Grove's Fruits of the Earth
- 6 Fields of Crisis: John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Félix-Antoine Savard's Menaud, maître-draveur, and Robert J. C. Stead's Grain
- 7 The Cycle of Seasons: Louis Bromfield's The Farm, Ringuet's Trente arpents, and Grace Campbell's The Higher Hill
- Epilogue
- Works Cited
- Index
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Surveying the Fields
- 2 Early Sowings: St. John de Crèvecocur's “History of Andrew, the Hebridean,” Patrice Lacombe's La terre paternelle, and Susanna Moodie's Roughing It in the Bush
- 3 Laws of Nature: Frank Norris's The Octopus, Albert Laberge's La Scouine, and Frederick Philip Grove's Settlers of the Marsh
- 4 New World Demeters: Willa Cather's O Pioneers!, Louis Hémon's Maria Chapdelaine, and Martha Ostenso's Wild Geese
- 5 Rich Harvests: Joseph Kirkland's Zury: The Meanest Man in Spring County, Claude-Henri Grignon's Un homme et son péché, and Frederick Philp Grove's Fruits of the Earth
- 6 Fields of Crisis: John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, Félix-Antoine Savard's Menaud, maître-draveur, and Robert J. C. Stead's Grain
- 7 The Cycle of Seasons: Louis Bromfield's The Farm, Ringuet's Trente arpents, and Grace Campbell's The Higher Hill
- Epilogue
- Works Cited
- Index
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- The Farm Novel in North AmericaGenre and Nation in the United States, English Canada, and French Canada, 1845-1945, pp. 317 - 354Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2013