Searching for the Past, Writing for the Present: Charles Ryle Fay and Newfoundland’s Contested Past
In the autumn of 1953 the Cambridge economic historian, C.R. Fay, presented a series of lectures at Memorial University based on his tours of the province. As a collector of all things Newfoundland and an observer of island’s shifting place within empire, Fay laid the foundation for a cultural renai...
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ftuninewbrunojs:oai:ojs.journals.lib.unb.ca:article/18422 2023-05-15T17:19:50+02:00 Searching for the Past, Writing for the Present: Charles Ryle Fay and Newfoundland’s Contested Past Ludlow, Peter 2010-06-06 text/html application/pdf https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/18422 eng eng Acadiensis Press https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/18422/19905 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/18422/19906 https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Acadiensis/article/view/18422 Copyright (c) 2015 Acadiensis Acadiensis; Vol. XXXIX, No. 2 Summer/Autumn - Été/Automne 2010 1712-7432 0044-5851 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion research-article 2010 ftuninewbrunojs 2022-07-11T11:40:48Z In the autumn of 1953 the Cambridge economic historian, C.R. Fay, presented a series of lectures at Memorial University based on his tours of the province. As a collector of all things Newfoundland and an observer of island’s shifting place within empire, Fay laid the foundation for a cultural renaissance in Newfoundland studies. Ultimately, however, the scope of his project, his personal bias, and indifference to the island’s historiography undermined his research and his significance as a historian of Newfoundland. Résumé À l’automne de 1953, C.R. Fay, historien de l’économie de Cambridge, a présenté une série d’exposés à la Memorial University inspirés de ses voyages dans la province. Collectionneur de tout ce qui était de Terre-Neuve et observateur de la place changeante de l’île au sein de l’empire, Fay a posé les fondements d’une renaissance culturelle en études terre-neuviennes. Cependant, ses recherches et son importance en tant que spécialiste de l’histoire de Terre-Neuve ont été minées, en fin de compte, par l’étendue de son projet, son parti pris personnel et son indifférence envers l’historiographie de l’île. Article in Journal/Newspaper Newfoundland Terre-Neuve University of New Brunswick: Centre for Digital Scholarship Journals |
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In the autumn of 1953 the Cambridge economic historian, C.R. Fay, presented a series of lectures at Memorial University based on his tours of the province. As a collector of all things Newfoundland and an observer of island’s shifting place within empire, Fay laid the foundation for a cultural renaissance in Newfoundland studies. Ultimately, however, the scope of his project, his personal bias, and indifference to the island’s historiography undermined his research and his significance as a historian of Newfoundland. Résumé À l’automne de 1953, C.R. Fay, historien de l’économie de Cambridge, a présenté une série d’exposés à la Memorial University inspirés de ses voyages dans la province. Collectionneur de tout ce qui était de Terre-Neuve et observateur de la place changeante de l’île au sein de l’empire, Fay a posé les fondements d’une renaissance culturelle en études terre-neuviennes. Cependant, ses recherches et son importance en tant que spécialiste de l’histoire de Terre-Neuve ont été minées, en fin de compte, par l’étendue de son projet, son parti pris personnel et son indifférence envers l’historiographie de l’île. |
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