By Great Waters: A Newfoundland and Labrador AnthologyPatrick O'Flaherty University of Toronto Press, 15.12.1974 - 278 Seiten p>This anthology offers readers a selection of Newfoundland writing which will illuminate the unfolding of the province’s history and culture and at the same time command respect as literature. It is comprised of 65 selections from literary and historical sources, which range in time from an extract from the Vinland sagas to a poem written in 1968 by a Newfoundlander. The selections are arranged in four parts: Discovery and Exploration; Transatlantic Outpost; Colonial Era; Breakers Ahead (contemporary). Each selection is prefaced by a brief introduction. |
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A Plymouth Surgeon in Newfoundland 1663 | |
Here is an Innuit 1764 | |
A Precious People 1776 | |
A Plea for Reform The Case of James | |
Drowning a Dog 1846 | |
A Parson and His People 1863 | |
The Great Fire of 8 July 1892 | |
Prisoners of the Wind 1903 | |
Adrift on an IcePan 1908 | |
The Badger Drive c 1915 | |
An Edge for Human Grief 192332 | |
Breakers Ahead | |
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