Franco American Library

Un reÌ‚ve queÌbeÌcois

Author: Beaulieu, Victor-LÃ©vy

Date: 1978

Language: FranÃ§ais (English translation available)

Find in a Library: 5982692, 184816014

The back cover of the text reads: "'A QuÃ©bÃ©cois Dream' is a nightmare vision of what happens to a man who is dispossessed, impotent, afraid and filled with rage. Joseph-David-BarthÃ©lÃ©my Dupuis takes grotesque war measures against his…

Tags: Alcohol and Drugs, Canada, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Government and Politics, Literary Works -- Fiction, MontrÃ©al QC, QuÃ©bec, Violence

Jack KeÌrouac : Essai-Poulet / A Chicken Essay

Author: Beaulieu, Victor-LeÌvy

Date: 1972

Language: fr (en translation)

Find in a Library: 877702, 2966704

Un livre comme essai sur les reÌlations entre la vie et la litteÌrature de Jack Kerouac - son eÌcriture et son heÌritage - avec des reÌactions de l'auteur.

Tags: Alcohol and Drugs, Essay, Family, Gender and Sexuality, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Lowell MA, Mexico, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, QuÃ©bec, San Francisco CA, St. Petersburg FL

Jeanne la fileuse : Ã©pisode de l'Ã©migration franco-canadienne aux EÌtats-Unis

Author: Beaugrand, HonoreÌ

Date: 1878

Language: FranÃ§ais

Find in a Library: 8517304

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Un texte eÌssentiel à la collection de la litteÌrature franco-ameÌricaine du 19e siècle. Un conte d'eÌmigration du Canada à la Nouvelle-Angleterre avant l'anneÌe 1900. Ecrit par l'ancien maire de MontreÌal, et…

Tags: Boston MA, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fall River MA, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Literary Works -- Fiction, Mills and Mill Work, MontrÃ©al QC, Nashua NH, New England, QuÃ©bec, Religion, United States, Vermont

Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds

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…

Tags: Bibliography, Fiction and Literature, Government and Politics, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Religion, Social History, United States

Vermont : Rural Rhymes of a Native Son

Author: Asselin, E. Donald

Date: 1954

Language: English

Find in a Library: 13855620

Book of poetry from the Vermont author of "A French-Canadian Cookbook" and many other small books about New England.

Tags: Farming and Agriculture, Forestry, Literary Works -- Poetry, New England, Poetry, Vermont

Mill Village

Author: Archambault, Alberic A.

Date: 1943

Language: English

Find in a Library: 2414523

Early twentieth-centuy novel about a French-Canadian family's immigration to a New England mill town. The author - Archambault - says, "this story is the story of any mill village in New England between 1870 and the present time [1943]. The author…

Tags: Burlington VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Connecticut, Death and Disaster, Education, Emigration and Immigration, Fiction and Literature, Literary Works -- Fiction, New England, Pawtucket RI, Providence RI, QuÃ©bec, Religion, St. Albans VT, Worcester MA

French Class : French Canadian-American Writings on Identity, Culture, and Place

Author: April, Susan
Author: Brouillette, Paul
Author: Marion, Paul
Author: St. Onge, Marie Louise

Date: 1999

Language: en

Find in a Library: 40471565

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A selection of various literatures from Franco-American New England writers. From the Introduction: "In these poems and essays we have four people, artists, holding the threads of a fading ethnic subculture and tying the ends tightly to the fabric of…

Tags: Dracut MA, Essay, Family, Fiction and Literature, Food, Labor History, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Anthology, Lowell MA, Merrimack River Valley, Mills and Mill Work, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry

The Ballads of Bourbonnais

Author: Amsbary, Wallace Bruce

Date: 1904

Language: en; fr

Find in a Library: 1497192

Find Online: OL13801811W

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Folkloric ballads written in the Illinois French vernacular of the early 20th century.The introduction reads, "the ballads of Bourbonnais were written in the hope of preserving, if possible, the dialect of the Illinois French-Canadian."

Tags: Bourbonnais IL, Exploration and Colonization, Folklore, Fur-trading, Kankakee County IL, L'Arable IL, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Poetry, Manteno IL, Momence IL, MontrÃ©al QC, Nonfiction -- French in North America, Papineau IL, Religion, St. George IL, Ste. Anne IL, Ste. Marie IL

Ã€ Tour de RÃ´le : Neuf piÃ¨ces en un acte

Author: Albert, Renaud S.
Author: Chabot, Gregoire
Author: Dube, Normand C.
Author: Pare, Paul

Date: 1980

Language: FranÃ§ais

Find in a Library: 9170217

From Robert L. Paris' introduction to the text:"'Ã€ Tour de RÃ´le' is a collection of nine original dramatic skits in French, of twenty to forty-five minutes duration each. These skits can be used in bilingual classes at the secondary level and…

Tags: Children's Literature, Education, Family, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Children's Literature, Literary Works -- Drama, Performing Arts, Religion, Youth

Voix Francophones de Chez Nous : Contes et histoires : Une anthologie franco-ameÌricaine

Author: BeauprÃ©, Normand R.

Date: 2009

Language: FranÃ§ais

Find in a Library: 463283976

Une anthologie des contes et histoires franco-ameÌricaines, eÌcrits par et pour le franco-ameÌricanie. A self-proclaimed fictional companion to the recently published Franco-American reader, "Voyages," "proclamer notre appartenance au monde…

Use My Name: Jack Kerouac's Forgotten Families

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…

Tags: Alcohol and Drugs, Criticism and Review, Death and Disaster, Family, Fiction and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Illness, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, New Mexico, New York NY, Personal History: Biography and Oral History

A Map of Mexico City Blues : Jack Kerouac as Poet

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…

Tags: Criticism and Review, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Mexico, Music, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Religion

Visions of Kerouac

Author: Jarvis, Charles E.

Date: 1973

Language: English

Find in a Library: 2737349

Biography of Jack Kerouac published in his hometown of Lowell, Massachusetts.

Tags: Alcohol and Drugs, Community: Customs and Social Life, Criticism and Review, Denver CO, Education, Lowell MA, Mexico, New York NY, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Poetry, Religion, San Francisco CA, Social History, Sports and Leisure, St. Petersburg FL, Travel and Movement

Francophone Literatures : An Introductory Survey

Author: Jack, Belinda Elizabeth

Date: 1996

Language: English

Find in a Library: 34557449

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…

Tags: Africa, Belgium, Canada, Caribbean, Criticism and Review, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Exploration and Colonization, Fiction and Literature, France, Haiti, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Poetry, QuÃ©bec, Switzerland

Maria Chapdelaine : A Tale of the Lake St. John Country

Author: HeÌ€mon, Louis

Date: 1921

Language: English (traduction du franÃ§ais)

Find in a Library: 959660

Classic romance novel from 1914 about rural Québec, love of family, and the rejection of America in the name of "la survivance."

Tags: Acculturation and Assimilation, Community: Customs and Social Life, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Fiction and Literature, Literary Works -- Fiction, QuÃ©bec, Religion, United States

Becoming Cajun, Becoming American : The Acadian in American Literature from Longfellow to James Lee Burke

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…

Tags: Acadians, Acculturation and Assimilation, Canada, Criticism and Review, Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, France, Gender and Sexuality, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Louisiana, Nova Scotia, Travel and Movement, United States

Whisper My Name

Author: Hebert, Ernest

Date: 1984

Language: English

Find in a Library: 10915093

Third novel of the "Darby Series," and the only installment currently out of print. From Google Books: "Plans to build a large shopping mall in rural Darby, New Hampshire, provoke new alliances and rivalries among the town's aristocrats, newcomers,…

Tags: Business and Economics, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Fiction and Literature, Literary Works -- Fiction, New Hampshire

The Kinship : A Little More Than Kin and The Passion of Estelle Jordan

Author: Hebert, Ernest

Date: 1993

Language: English

Find in a Library: 28066130

Second and fourth novels in Hebert's Darby series, with a new essay included. From the University Press of New England: (A Little More Than Kin) "Evicted from the New Hampshire shack he proudly called home, Ollie Jordan--ignorant, ingenious, angry,…

Tags: Alcohol and Drugs, Death and Disaster, Essay, Family, Fiction and Literature, Literary Works -- Fiction, Native Americans, New Hampshire

The Dogs of March

Author: Hebert, Ernest

Date: 1979

Language: English

Find in a Library: 4492057

The first piece of Hebert's "Darby Series" - five novels set in a fictional town in rural New Hampshire. From University Press of New England: "Howard Elman is a man whose internal landscape is as disordered as his front yard, where native New…

Tags: Education, Family, Fiction and Literature, Keene NH, Labor History, Literary Works -- Fiction, Mills and Mill Work, Nashua NH, New Hampshire, Youth

Postcolonialism in North America : Imaginative Colonization in Henry Thoreau's "A Yankee in Canada" and Jacques Poulin's "Volkswagen Blues"

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…

Tags: Canada, Criticism and Review, England, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, France, Government and Politics, Literary Works, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, QuÃ©bec, United States

Cathedral of the North

Author: Voisine, Connie

Date: 2001

Language: English

Find in a Library: 45243749

From University of Pittsburgh Press: "Winner of the 1999 Associated Writing Programs' Award Series in Poetry. Set against a fantastic backdrop of religious imagery, myth and dreams, science fiction, and the stark realities of a northern factory town,…

Tags: Aroostook County ME, Folklore, Gender and Sexuality, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Poetry, Poetry, Religion

Antecede Reality

Author: Violette, Pat

Date: 1999

Language: English

Find in a Library: 45088498

Book of poems from a native of Van Buren, Maine.

Tags: Literary Works -- Poetry, Poetry, Van Buren ME

Author: Viatte, Auguste

Date: 1954

Language: FranÃ§ais

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,…

Tags: Criticism and Review, Fiction and Literature, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Language and Linguistics, Literary Works -- Criticism and History, Louisiana, Martinique, New England

The Broken Premise

Author: Tremblay, William P.

Date: 1975

Language: English

Find in a Library: 3547240

Book of poems out of Portland, Maine.

Tags: Boston MA, Literary Works -- Poetry, Newburyport MA, Poetry, Portland ME

Un revenant : eÌpisode de la guerre de seÌcession aux EÌtats-Unis

Author: Tremblay, ReÌmi

Date: 1884

Language: FranÃ§ais (English translation available)

Find in a Library: 458367612

Le roman d'un soldat canadien franÃ§ais (franco-ameÌricain) qui a combattu dans la Guerre de SeÌcession aux EÌtats-Unis.

Tags: Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Fiction and Literature, Literary Works -- Fiction, New England, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, QuÃ©bec, United States, Violence, War

One Came Back : A Franco-American Civil War Novel

Author: Tremblay, ReÌmi

Date: 2002

Language: English (traduction du franÃ§ais)

Find in a Library: 48966596

From Images from the Past: "The first published translation into English of 'Un Revenant,' an 1884 romantic adventure written by Rémi Tremblay, a French-Canadian author who turned his own experiences as a teenaged enlistee in the Civil War…

Tags: Death and Disaster, Emigration and Immigration, Fiction and Literature, Literary Works -- Fiction, New England, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, QuÃ©bec, United States, Violence, War

Duhamel : Ideas of Order in Little Canada

Author: Tremblay, Bill

Date: 1986

Language: English

Find in a Library: 31206498

A book of poems in reflection of the author's hometown, Southbridge, Massachusetts. From Gale Literature: "Tremblay returned to his mill-town roots with the historical poems in 'Duhamel: Ideas of Order in Little Canada.' Through his evocation of…

Tags: Alcohol and Drugs, Community: Customs and Social Life, Family, Literary Works -- Poetry, Massachusetts, Mills and Mill Work, Poetry, Southbridge MA

Crying in the Cheap Seats

Author: Tremblay, Bill

Date: 1971

Language: English

Find in a Library: 197842

Debut book of poems by a native of Southbridge, Massachusetts.

Tags: Family, Literary Works -- Poetry, Lowell MA, Poetry, Quinebaug River Valley, Southbridge MA

It Stops with Me : Memoir of a Canuck Girl

Author: Touchette, Charleen

Date: 2004

Language: English

Find in a Library: 56615738

From Touch Art Books: "This story with its bold contrasts of good and bad, love and hate, inextricably connected, is situated in the context of the bigger history of French Canadian and Indian people amid mainstream American culture from the mid…

Tags: Alcohol and Drugs, Art and Architecture, Death and Disaster, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Family, Massachusetts, Native Americans, New Mexico, New York NY, Personal History: Biography and Oral History, Rhode Island, United States

Like Lesser Gods

Author: Tomasi, Mari

Date: 1949

Language: English

Find in a Library: 414117

1940s novel on immigrant stone-cutters of Green Mountain State granite. Explores in specific the Italian American worker experience. "Like Lesser Gods" was republished in 1988 by the New England Press. Written by former Vermont Writers' Project…

Tags: Barre VT, Community: Customs and Social Life, Emigration and Immigration, Ethnicity and Collective Identity, Fiction and Literature, Italian Americans, Italy, Labor History, Literary Works -- Fiction, Social History, Vermont

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Un reÌ‚ve queÌbeÌcois

Jack KeÌrouac : Essai-Poulet / A Chicken Essay

Jeanne la fileuse : Ã©pisode de l'Ã©migration franco-canadienne aux EÌtats-Unis

Literature Suppressed on Religious Grounds

Vermont : Rural Rhymes of a Native Son

Mill Village

French Class : French Canadian-American Writings on Identity, Culture, and Place

The Ballads of Bourbonnais

Ã€ Tour de RÃ´le : Neuf piÃ¨ces en un acte

Voix Francophones de Chez Nous : Contes et histoires : Une anthologie franco-ameÌricaine

Use My Name: Jack Kerouac's Forgotten Families

A Map of Mexico City Blues : Jack Kerouac as Poet

Visions of Kerouac

Francophone Literatures : An Introductory Survey

Maria Chapdelaine : A Tale of the Lake St. John Country

Becoming Cajun, Becoming American : The Acadian in American Literature from Longfellow to James Lee Burke

Whisper My Name

The Kinship : A Little More Than Kin and The Passion of Estelle Jordan

The Dogs of March

Postcolonialism in North America : Imaginative Colonization in Henry Thoreau's "A Yankee in Canada" and Jacques Poulin's "Volkswagen Blues"

Cathedral of the North

Antecede Reality

Histoire littÃ©raire de l'AmÃ©rique franÃ§aise des origines Ã 1950

The Broken Premise

Un revenant : eÌpisode de la guerre de seÌcession aux EÌtats-Unis

One Came Back : A Franco-American Civil War Novel

Duhamel : Ideas of Order in Little Canada

Crying in the Cheap Seats

It Stops with Me : Memoir of a Canuck Girl

Like Lesser Gods