The False Traitor : : Louis Riel in Canadian Culture / / Albert Braz.
The nineteenth-century Métis politician and mystic Louis Riel has emerged as one of the most popular - and elusive - figures in Canadian culture. Since his hanging for treason in 1885, the self-declared David of the New World has been depicted variously as a traitor to Confederation; a French-Canadi...
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Braz, Albert, author. The False Traitor : Louis Riel in Canadian Culture / Albert Braz. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2017] ©2003 1 online resource text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Introduction - Louis Kiel: A Central Voice from the Margins -- 1 The Red River Patriot -- 2 The Traitor -- 3 The Martyr (I) -- 4 The Go-Between -- 5 The Martyr (II) -- 6 The Mystic/Madman -- Conclusion - Riel: Canadian Patriot in spite of Himself -- Notes restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star The nineteenth-century Métis politician and mystic Louis Riel has emerged as one of the most popular - and elusive - figures in Canadian culture. Since his hanging for treason in 1885, the self-declared David of the New World has been depicted variously as a traitor to Confederation; a French-Canadian and Catholic martyr; a bloodthirsty rebel; a pan-American liberator; a pawn of shadowy white forces; a Prairie political maverick; a First Nations hero; an alienated intellectual; a victim of Western industrial progress; and even a Father of Confederation.Albert Braz synthesizes the available material by and about Riel, including film, sculpture, and cartoons, as well as literature in French and English, and analyzes how an historical figure could be portrayed in such contradictory ways. In light of the fact that most aesthetic representations of Riel bear little resemblance not only to one another but also to their purported model, Braz suggests that they reveal less about Riel than they do about their authors and the society to which they belong. The most comprehensive treatment of the representations of Louis Riel in Canadian literature, The False Traitor will be a seminal work in the study of this popular Canadian figure. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019) Canadian literature History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015 9783110667691 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 9783110490954 print 9780802083142 https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442681255 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9781442681255.jpg |
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