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By Great Waters

A Newfoundland and Labrador Anthology

edited by Patrick O'Flaherty

Publisher
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division
Initial publish date
Feb 2015
Category
Canadian
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780802062338
    Publish Date
    Feb 2015
    List Price
    $16.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781442655973
    Publish Date
    Dec 1974
    List Price
    $18.95

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Description

This anthology offers readers a selection of Newfoundland writing which will illuminate the unfolding of the province’s history and culture and at the same time command respect as literature. It is comprised of 65 selections from literary and historical sources, which range in time from an extract from the Vinland sagas to a poem written in 1968 by a Newfoundlander. The selections are arranged in four parts: Discovery and Exploration; Transatlantic Outpost; Colonial Era; Breakers Ahead (contemporary). Each selection is prefaced by a brief introduction. 

About the author

Patrick O'Flaherty, who lives in St. John's, Newfoundland, has written four works of fiction, the most recent of which is the novel Benny's Island. His latest books is Old Newfoundland: A History to 1843 (1999).

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