Establishing Our Boundaries : : English-Canadian Theatre Criticism /

Establishing Our Boundaries : : English-Canadian Theatre Criticism / / ed. by Anton Wagner.

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›Establishing Our Boundaries is a cultural history of Canada as seen through the eyes of twenty-one of English Canada's leading theatre critics commenting on the creation of an indigenous Canadian national theatre and drama over two centuries. Canadians have always had an intense relationship t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Arrell, Douglas,
Bessai, Diane,
Day, Moira,
Filewod, Alan,
Gómez, Mayte,
Harvie, Jennifer,
Hoffman, James,
Johnston, Denis,
Knowles, Richard Paul,
Levine, Ira,
Lieblein, Leanore,
Nunn, Robert,
O\x27neill, Patrick B.,
Rubin, Don,
Salter, Denis,
Stuart, Ross,
Wagner, Anton,
HerausgeberIn:
Wagner, Anton,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©1999
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (456 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Contributors
  • Introduction
  • 1. Establishing Our Boundaries: English-Canadian Theatre Criticism
  • Part One: Editor-Critics
  • 2. From Puffery to Criticism - William Lyon Mackenzie, Joseph Howe, and Daniel Morrison: Theatre Criticism in Halifax and Toronto, 1826-1857
  • Part Two: Reviewer-Critics
  • 3. The Critic as Reviewer: E.R. Parkhurst at the Toronto Mail and Globe, 1876-1924
  • 4. The Cosmopolitan, the Cultural Nationalist, and the Egocentric Critic: Harriet Walker, Charles W. Handscomb, and Charles H. Wheeler in Winnipeg, 1898-1906
  • Part Three: Cultural Nationalism
  • 5. Hector Willoughby Charlesworth and the Nationalization of Cultural Authority, 1890-1945
  • 6. Saving the Nation's Aesthetic Soul: B.K. Sandwell at the Montreal Herald, 1900-1914, and Saturday Night, 1932-1951
  • 7. Becoming Actively Creative: Dr Lawrence Mason, the Globe's Critic, 1924-1939
  • 8. Herbert Whittaker, Reporting from the Front: The Montreal Gazette, 1937-1949, and the Globe and Mail, 1949-1975
  • 9. Criticism in a Canadian Social Context: Nathan Cohen's Theatre Criticism, 1946-1971
  • 10. In Anger and Hope: Oscar Ryan at the Canadian Tribune, 1955-1988
  • 11. The Classical Humanist: Jamie Portman at the Calgary Herald, 1959-1975, and the Southam News Service, 1975-1987
  • 12. The Archetypal Enthusiast: Urjo Kareda at the Toronto Star, 1971-1975
  • 13. The Critic as Cultural Nationalist: Don Rubin at the Toronto Star, 1968-1972, and the Canadian Theatre Review, 1974-1983
  • Part Four: The Post-Nationalist Period
  • 14. Subverting Modernisms in British Columbia: Christopher Dafoe at the Vancouver Sun, 1968-1975
  • 15. Journalist or Critic? Brian Brennan at the Calgary Herald, 1975-1988
  • 16. The Iconoclast Sceptic on the Beat: Gina Mallet at the Toronto Star, 1976-1984
  • 17. Establishing Contact between Two Cultures: Marianne Ackerman at the Montreal Gazette, 1983-1987
  • 18. Theatre - Transgression or Tribal Celebration? Ray Conlogue at the Globe and Mail, 1978-1998
  • Selected Bibliography

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