W.D. Lighthall and David Ross McCord: Antimodernism and English-Canadian Imperialism

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Author/collaborator
Title
W.D. Lighthall and David Ross McCord: Antimodernism and English-Canadian Imperialism
Abstract
Focusing on W.D. Lighthall (1857-1954) and David Ross McCord (1844-1930), two self-defined imperialists, the author argues that English Canadian imperialism was both a school of nationalism and an attempt to make sense of modernity, not by rejecting it but by creating an anti-modern space, an intellectual and at times physical retreat from modernity’s relentless commitment to innovation and rootlessness. Lighthall was a writer, poet, historian and Mayor of Westmount; McCord was a prolific collector of Canadianna and the founder of what is today the McCord-Stewart Museum.
Publication
Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes
Volume
Vol. 32
Issue
no. 2
Pages
134-153
Date
Summer 1997
Language
en
Citation
Wright, Donald A. “W.D. Lighthall and David Ross McCord: Antimodernism and English-Canadian Imperialism.” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes Vol. 32, no. 2 (Summer 1997): 134–153.
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