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In White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders.

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"'Daniel Coleman's White Civility... illuminates not only English-Canadian literature and history, but also the psychology of the thinkers and shapers of English-Canadian culture and governance.' George Elliott Clarke, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax"

Table of Contents
Illustrations Acknowledgments * White Civility: The Literary Project of English Canada * The Loyalist Brother: Fratricide and Civility in English Canada's Story of Origins * The Enterprising Scottish Orphan: Inventing the Properties of English Canadian Character * The Muscular Christian in Fictions of the Canadian West * The Maturing Colonial Son: Manning the Borders of White Civility * Wry Civility Notes Works Cite Illustration Credits Index

White Civility

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      Publisher University of Toronto Press
      Published 15 June 2008
      ISBN-13 9780802096425
      978-0802096425
      ISBN-10 0802096425

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In White Civility Daniel Coleman breaks the long silence in Canadian literary and cultural studies around Canadian whiteness and examines its roots as a literary project of early colonials and nation-builders.

      Trade Review
      "'Daniel Coleman's White Civility... illuminates not only English-Canadian literature and history, but also the psychology of the thinkers and shapers of English-Canadian culture and governance.' George Elliott Clarke, The Chronicle Herald, Halifax"

      Table of Contents
      Illustrations Acknowledgments * White Civility: The Literary Project of English Canada * The Loyalist Brother: Fratricide and Civility in English Canada's Story of Origins * The Enterprising Scottish Orphan: Inventing the Properties of English Canadian Character * The Muscular Christian in Fictions of the Canadian West * The Maturing Colonial Son: Manning the Borders of White Civility * Wry Civility Notes Works Cite Illustration Credits Index

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