description: This book wants to make a contribution to the current discussion on Canadian identity. The author outlines the connection between the development of the Canadian national identity and Robertson Davies, an important author of the 20th century. Looking at his essays, plays and novels, Sabine Jackson tries to demonstrate Canada’s development from a colony to an autonomous country and its effects on the Canadian consciousness.
language: English
title: Robertson Davies and the Quest for a Canadian National Identity
titlecomplete: Robertson Davies and the Quest for a Canadian National Identity (Anglo-amerikanische Studien / Anglo-American Studies)
publisher: Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften