White Civility: The Literary Project of English Canada

by Daniel Coleman

Book Overview

In White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders. He argues that a specific form of whiteness emerged in Canada that was heavily influenced by Britishness. Examining four allegorical figures that recur in a wide range of Canadian writings between 1820 and 1950 - the Loyalist fratricide,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802096425
• ISBN13: 9780802096425
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.8"