The Frontier and Canadian Letters 9780773595521

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Cover
Title
Copyright
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION TO THE CARLETON LIBRARY EDITION
INTRODUCTION
I. A PLANT OF SLOW GROWTH
II. CLIMATE AND SOIL IN LITERARY FLOWERINGS
III. THE CULTURAL VALUES OF THE FRONTIER
IV. PRELUDES TO THE NEW ENGLAND FLOWERING
V. THE FIRST HARVEST
VI. THE FRONTIER PROCESS IN UPPER CANADA
VII. PIONEER AUTHORS IN FRENCH-SPEAKING CANADA
VIII. THE FLOWERING FREDERICTON
IX. FRONTIER VALUES OUTLIVE THE FRONTIER
X. THE LAST GREAT FRONTIER
XI. THE FRONTIER AND TODAY
Index
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