Le Chien d`or/The Golden Dog: A Legend of Quebec, William Kirby, Mary Jane Edwards

Автор: William Kirby, Mary Jane Edwards
Название: Le Chien d`or/The Golden Dog: A Legend of Quebec
ISBN: 0773540164 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780773540163
Издательство: Marston Book Services
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Описание: William Kirby`s Le Chien d`or / The Golden Dog, a dramatic historical romance that vividly details the intertwined French and English foundations of Canada, is one of the nation`s best-known pieces of nineteenth-century literature. A complicated publishing history, however, resulted in severe distortions of the text, so that each edition of the novel moved further from the author`s original vision. Now, in the final work produced by the Centre for Editing Early Canadian Texts at Carleton University, editor Mary Jane Edwards returns this beloved piece of literary history to its intended form. First published in 1877, Le Chien d`or draws upon the threads of legend spun around the real-life tablet of the Golden Dog, which can still be seen in Quebec City. The novel`s author William Kirby begins his tale in the 1740s, with the murder of the prosperous merchant who lived in the house that bore the tablet, and brings his work to a tragic end that coincides with the destruction of France`s North American empire. Weaving historical, literary, and religious allusions together with a powerful lyricism, Le Chien d`or develops an epic narrative of the heroic past and promising future of the Dominion of Canada. Though many versions of Le Chien d`or have been published in both French and English, very few people have read what the author intended to see in print. This edition brings Kirby`s unfulfilled legacy full circle by presenting a critically reliable version of his iconic Canadian novel.

Автор: Edwards Mary Jane
Название: Richard Bentley and the British Empire: Imperial and Colonial Publishing Connections in the 19th Century
ISBN: 1911454986 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781911454984
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​Richard Bentley (then Richard Bentley and Son) was the leading publisher of fiction in three-volume form for much of the 19th century, and his business traded globally. He was one of the most important publishers in his time. He worked with many of the best-selling British and overseas writers, including publishing much important later fiction in single-volumes.

From 1832 until it was sold to Macmillan in 1898, his London-based firm developed networks to distribute its books throughout the British Empire. It also issued works of fiction and non-fiction about Great Britain's various colonies in what are now Australia, Canada, India, New Zealand, and South Africa.

The book historians and scholarly editors who have contributed to Richard Bentley and The British Empire: Imperial and Colonial Publishing in the 19th Century analyse fundamental aspects of the structure, history and functioning of the international book trade. They explore the many roles that Bentley played in disseminating information about these far-flung possessions and in helping to develop - and modify - British cultural values in them.

As well as documenting the geography and history of regions in the Empire, the contributors to this volume explore many questions including race relations and slavery, that are still relevant today.