Page 292 of 2,490
Travels in a Cold and Rugged Land : C. H. Farnham’s Quebec Essays in Harper’s Magazine, 1883-89
| Type of resource | |
|---|---|
| Author/collaborator |
|
| Title |
Travels in a Cold and Rugged Land : C. H. Farnham’s Quebec Essays in Harper’s Magazine, 1883-89
|
| Abstract |
The author notes that during the 1880s, American journalist Charles Haight Farnham (1841-1929) published eight articles on Canada in Harper's New Monthly Magazine, seven of which were focussed on Quebec, of which one focussed specifically on Montreal and the division of the city's French- and English-speaking communities. The remainder of the Quebec articles focussed on Lower St. Lawrence and Labrador regions. The author contends that Farnham's artfully written articles, set mostly in late fall and winter, depict a cold and rugged land, albeit one in which the traditional virtues and community ties of the folk remained intact, and hard-working people led simple, fulfilling lives uncontaminated by materialism and greed. The author argues that the fact that Farnham chose to travel much of the coastline by canoe also reflected the contemporary American middle-class concern with the softening effects of urban life. As a liberal Protestant, however, Farnham's anti-modernism was qualified by his repeated criticism of what he viewed as French-Canadian submission to an oppressive and obscurantist Roman Catholic Church.
|
| Publication |
Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes
|
| Volume |
Vol. 47
|
| Issue |
no. 2
|
| Pages |
215-245
|
| Date |
Spring 2013
|
| Language |
en
|
| Citation |
Little, J. I. “Travels in a Cold and Rugged Land : C. H. Farnham’s Quebec Essays in Harper’s Magazine, 1883-89.” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes Vol. 47, no. 2 (Spring 2013): 215–245.
|
| Find in a library | |
| Permalink |
Page 292 of 2,490
