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  • Author: Aylward, Susan L.

Date: 1998

Thesis Type: Ph. D., English

Institution: University of Rhode Island

Language: en

Find in a Library: 40702182

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From the author: "David Plante, an American writer born in Providence, Rhode Island in 1940, examines the inextricable connection between space and time, place and identity in his most important work, a series of semi-autobiographical novels and…

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  • Author: Robbins, Rhea CoÌ‚té

Date: 1999

Publication: The River Review / La Revue rivière

Volume: 5

Language: English and français

Find in a Library: 33064369

Critical piece on the lives and literatures of three Franco American authors - Corinne Rocheleau Rouleau, Camille Lessard-Bissonnette, and Grace Metalious. Argument claiming the existence of a Franco American women's literary tradition, the…

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  • Author: Rice-DeFosse, Mary

Date: 1999

Publication: The River Review / La Revue rivière

Volume: 5

Language: English and français

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Critical essay on Waterville, Maine writer Rhea CoÌ‚té Robbins' 1997 memoir, "Wednesday's Child." Explores Robbins' work as it speaks newly to concepts of gender, cultural difference, and the specificity of a Franco American's experiences of…

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  • Author: Choquette, Leslie

Date: 2002 Spring/Summer

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 33

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 60628349

"Par le mythe de la Nouvelle-France," Choquette écrit, "je veux dire la persistance...d'un vision nostalgique du Québec." Alors, elle commence à décrire en quelle façon les écritures de Camille Lessard et Honoré Beaugrand - deux…

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  • Author: Brière, Eloise A.

Date: 2002 Spring/Summer

Publication: Québec Studies

Volume: 33

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 60628349

Un essai qui explore l'étendue de l'imagination culturel des écrivains culturellement hybride en Amérique. De l'auteur: "Dans quelle mesure les Haitiens devenus écrivains Québécois ou les Canadiens-francais devenus écrivains…

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  • Author: Charters, Ann

Date: 1973

Language: English

Find in a Library: 6065241

Seminal biography of native of Lowell, Massachusetts, Franco American, novelist, and poet, Jack Kerouac. Republished in 1994. Written by Ann Charters, who worked with Kerouac during the final three years of his life. In her writing of this book,…

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  • Author: Toth, Emily

Date: 1999

Language: English

Find in a Library: 39800550

Biography of the author of "The Awakening." From University Press of Mississippi: "In 'Unveiling Kate Chopin,' Emily Toth, the foremost authority on Chopin's life and works, creates a sharply revealing portrait of a modern woman in a Victorian world.…

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  • Author: Gilroy, James P. (editor)

Date: 1982

Language: Français and English

Find in a Library: 8494888

Collection of critical essays on contemporary Francophone literatures and the certain expression of Francophone identities through diverse uses of the French language in different geographies. Contains the following essays by their respective…

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  • Author: Doyle, James

Date: 1983

Language: English

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  • Author: Adams, Rachel

Date: 2009

Language: English

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  • Author: Germain, Alexandre

Date: 2003

Language: Français

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  • Author: LaVergne, Marcel

Date: 2008 February

Language: Français and English

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A brief and general history of French Canadian immigration to New England around the turn of the century, followed by a list of Franco-American writers, their works, and a selection of excerpts.

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  • Author: Zyla, Wolodymyr T.

Date: 1978

Language: English

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  • Author: Giamo, Benedict

Date: 2000

Language: English

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From Southern Illinois University Press: "Giamo’s primary purpose is to chronicle and clarify Kerouac’s various spiritual quests through close examinations of [his] novels. Kerouac began his quest with 'On the Road,' which also is…

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  • Author: Boelhower, William Q.

Date: 1987

Language: English

Find in a Library: 14241897

Critical research that questions the concept of "ethnic literature" and explores the phenomenon of ethnicities being written out in American literature. Problematizes designating "ethnic literature" as a thing apart, given the peculiar ethnic and…

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  • Author: Beaulieu, Victor-Lévy

Date: 1972

Language: fr (en translation)

Find in a Library: 877702, 2966704

Un livre comme essai sur les rélations entre la vie et la littérature de Jack Kerouac - son écriture et son héritage - avec des réactions de l'auteur.

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  • Author: Bald, Margaret

Date: 2006

Language: English

Find in a Library: 38218731

Large collection of profiles of different works of literature, including Grace Metalious' "Peyton Place." From Infobase Publishing: "'Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds, Revised Edition' profiles the censorship of many such essential works of…

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  • Author: Jones, James T.

Date: 1999

Language: English

Find in a Library: 40735081

From ECW Press: "With this fascinating new book, Jim Jones debunks many of the myths surrounding the life and times of Jack Kerouac. Jones concentrates on those whose lives were most affected by Kerouac: daughter Jan Kerouac, wives Edie Parker, Joan…

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  • Author: Jones, James T.

Date: 1992

Language: English

Find in a Library: 44962590

From Southern Illinois University Press: "In this pioneering critical study of Jack Kerouac’s book-length poem, 'Mexico City Blues'—a poetic parallel to the writer’s fictional saga, the 'Duluoz Legend'—James T. Jones uses a…

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  • Author: Jack, Belinda Elizabeth

Date: 1996

Language: English

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From Oxford University Press: "The canon of French literature has undergone substantial transformation in recent years and francophone literature is now an increasingly important element in French literature courses. This study introduces the diverse…

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  • Author: Hebert-Leiter, Maria

Date: 2009

Language: English

Find in a Library: 463256338

From LSU Press: "From antebellum times, Louisiana’s unique multipartite society included a legal and social space for intermediary racial groups such as Acadians, Creoles, and Creoles of Color. In 'Becoming Cajun, Becoming American,' Maria…

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  • Author: Weisman, Adam

Date: 1995

Thesis Type: Ph. D., English and American Literature and Language

Institution: Harvard University

Language: en

Find in a Library: 34361480

Also featured, in abridged form, in the Massachusetts Review (see 'Journal Articles'). From the author: "This thesis introduces the concept of imaginative colonization in postcolonial literary and cultural studies, which has a particular relevance to…

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  • Author: Viatte, Auguste

Date: 1954

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 177021

Pris d'un revue par Richard Bergeron (http://www.erudit.org/revue/haf/1955/v8/n4/301686ar.pdf): "Un chapitre préliminaire traite d'abord rapidement des oeuvres produites sous le régime français... l'auteur y analyse le milieu,…

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  • Author: Simone, Roberta

Date: 1994

Language: en

Find in a Library: 44956605

Bibliography of novels and some non-fiction authored by, concerning, and engaging a diversity of immigrant experiences in the United States. Important text for literary studies and American Studies.

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  • Author: Robert, Adolphe

Date: 1949

Publication: Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française

Volume: 2

Language: Français

Find in a Library: 1764125

Un revue de la Nouvelle Angleterre sur une collection des littératures franco-américaines jusqu'au présent (1949). Contiens une bibliographie d'oeuvres publiés.

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  • Author: Poteet, Maurice (rédacteur)

Date: 1987

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 19724424

De textes fictives et non-, une grande collection qui commence à expliquer le phénomène de l'exode canadien-français aux Etats-Unis. Contiens des pièces de Pierre Anctil, Josaphat Benoit, A. Bourbonnière,…

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  • Author: Metalious, George
  • Author: O'Shea, June

Date: 1965

Language: English

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A biography of the New Hampshire author, Grace Metalious, whose works include "Peyton Place," "The Tight White Collar," and "No Adam in Eden."

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  • Author: Leland, John

Date: 2007

Language: English

Find in a Library: 83758819

Critical study of Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" through the lens of its author and one of its main characters. From Viking Press: "In 'Why Kerouac Matters,' John Leland embarks on a wry, insightful, and playful discussion of the novel ['On the…

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  • Author: Therriault, Mary-Carmel

Date: 1945

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Littérature française

Institution: Université Laval

Language: fr

Find in a Library: 77409396

Un oeuvre qui explore le phénomène de la littérature langue française écrit et lit dans la Nouvelle-Angleterre, jusqu'à 1945. Réédité en 1946 par Fides, les Publications de l'Université…

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  • Author: Lees, Cynthia C

Date: 2006

Thesis Type: Ph. D., Romance Languages and Literatures

Institution: University of Florida

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 658213798

From Lees: "This dissertation examines nine texts written by Franco-American novelists of New England. Themes of migrancy, exile, and cultural survival (la survivance) ground my study. I explore the negotiations of cultural, social, political,…

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