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'Out of Ireland': Towards a History of the Irish in Pre-Confederation Canadian Literature
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'Out of Ireland': Towards a History of the Irish in Pre-Confederation Canadian Literature
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The author examines the works of five Irish-born writers who came to Canada between the mid-eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries: Donnchadh Ruadh MacConmara, Isaac Weld Junior, Thomas Moore, Anna Brownell Jameson, and Adam Kidd. Collectively, the author points out, these writers helped formulate, establish, and solidify impressions of the eventual Dominion. In turn, they played an invaluable role in encouraging immigration to Canada by providing would-be emigrants with valuable insight and information that would aid in their impending decision about where to seek a new home once they crossed the Atlantic: America or Canada. Essential to their respective experiences was the discovery that Canada could offer not only respite from the instability sweeping the British Isles but also that it was superior to the American Republic. Of the five, only Adam Kidd (1802-1831) actually settled in Quebec, arriving in 1824.
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PhD dissertation
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University of Ottawa
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Ottawa, ON
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2009
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en
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Deziel, Angela J. “‘Out of Ireland’: Towards a History of the Irish in Pre-Confederation Canadian Literature.” PhD dissertation, University of Ottawa, 2009. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/thesescanada/vol2/002/NR61368.PDF.
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