“Off to one side of the curve”: Perpetual Expedition and Regional Identity in M. Wylie Blanchet’s The Curve of Time

• Main Author: Watts, Carl
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: University of New Brunswick 2013
• Subjects: Laurie; Wylie; First Nations
• Online Access: https://journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/SCL/article/view/21448

M. Wylie Blanchet’s The Curve of Time (1961) has recently received increased critical attention as a “minor” or “unlikely” West Coast classic. Celebrations of the memoir’s portrayal of one woman’s unique and path-breaking experiences voyaging up and down the coastline, however, ignore the ways in wh...