An Exploration of Canadian Identity in Recent Literary Narratives of the Franklin Expeditions
Sir John Franklin’s three expeditions to the high Arctic in 1819, 1825, and 1845 have become the stuff of Canadian legend, enshrined in history books, songs, short stories, novels, and web sites. Franklin set out in 1845 to discover the Northwest Passage with the most advanced technology the British...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:b02047cdb4124abe9a500f56ce860ce0 2023-05-15T15:04:33+02:00 An Exploration of Canadian Identity in Recent Literary Narratives of the Franklin Expeditions Victor Kennedy 2006-06-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.3.1-2.193-200 https://doaj.org/article/b02047cdb4124abe9a500f56ce860ce0 EN eng University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope/article/view/3364 https://doaj.org/toc/1581-8918 https://doaj.org/toc/2386-0316 doi:10.4312/elope.3.1-2.193-200 1581-8918 2386-0316 https://doaj.org/article/b02047cdb4124abe9a500f56ce860ce0 ELOPE, Vol 3, Iss 1-2 (2006) Canadian literature and culture Franklin Expedition Stan Rogers (“Northwest Passage”) Margaret Atwood (“The Age of Lead”) Rudy Wiebe (Discovery of Strangers) John Wilson (North with Franklin) English language PE1-3729 English literature PR1-9680 article 2006 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.4312/elope.3.1-2.193-200 2022-12-30T23:44:44Z Sir John Franklin’s three expeditions to the high Arctic in 1819, 1825, and 1845 have become the stuff of Canadian legend, enshrined in history books, songs, short stories, novels, and web sites. Franklin set out in 1845 to discover the Northwest Passage with the most advanced technology the British Empire could muster, and disappeared forever. Many rescue explorations found only scant evidence of the Expedition, and the mystery was finally solved only recently. This paper will explore four recent fictional works on Franklin’s expeditions, Stan Rogers’ song “Northwest Passage”, Margaret Atwood’s short story “The Age of Lead”, Rudy Wiebe’s A Discovery of Strangers, and John Wilson’s North with Franklin: the Lost Journals of James Fitzjames, to see how Franklin’s ghost has haunted the hopes and values of nineteenth-century, as well as modern, Canada. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Northwest passage Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Arctic Atwood ENVELOPE(-142.283,-142.283,-77.267,-77.267) Canada Northwest Passage ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives and Enquiries 3 1-2 193 200 |
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Sir John Franklin’s three expeditions to the high Arctic in 1819, 1825, and 1845 have become the stuff of Canadian legend, enshrined in history books, songs, short stories, novels, and web sites. Franklin set out in 1845 to discover the Northwest Passage with the most advanced technology the British Empire could muster, and disappeared forever. Many rescue explorations found only scant evidence of the Expedition, and the mystery was finally solved only recently. This paper will explore four recent fictional works on Franklin’s expeditions, Stan Rogers’ song “Northwest Passage”, Margaret Atwood’s short story “The Age of Lead”, Rudy Wiebe’s A Discovery of Strangers, and John Wilson’s North with Franklin: the Lost Journals of James Fitzjames, to see how Franklin’s ghost has haunted the hopes and values of nineteenth-century, as well as modern, Canada. |
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An Exploration of Canadian Identity in Recent Literary Narratives of the Franklin Expeditions |
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An Exploration of Canadian Identity in Recent Literary Narratives of the Franklin Expeditions |
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An Exploration of Canadian Identity in Recent Literary Narratives of the Franklin Expeditions |
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