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Biography & Autobiography Literary

Man of Sentiment, A

The Memoirs of Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé 1786-1871

by (author) Phillipe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé

translated by Jane Brierley

Publisher
Vehicule Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1987
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780919890732
    Publish Date
    Jan 1987
    List Price
    $18.00

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Description

Described by poet James Reaney as a "folkloric father figure" of Canadian literature, de Gaspé became well-known to his contemporaries only at the end of his life, after the publication of his historical novel, Les Anciens Canadiens (1863). Delighted readers pressed him for more, and his memoirs appeared in 1866. In his work, de Gaspé has preserved the essence of the eighteenth-century man. Wit and wisdom combine with sentiment to give the reader a glimpse of the Quebec of his youth, as well as the foibles of family, friends, and historical figures.

About the authors

In 1988 Jane Brierley was a Governor General's Award finalist for A Man of Sentiment: The Memoirs of Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé. In 1990 she won the Governor General's Award for her translation of de Gaspé's stories, Yellow-Wolf & Other Tales of the Saint Lawrence.

Phillipe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé's profile page

Jane Brierley is a Montreal literary translator, writer, editor, and former president of the Literary Translators Association of Canada. Her translations of science fiction stories have appeared in a number of Tesseract's anthologies, and she has translated three of Élisabeth Vonarburg's science fiction novels: The Silent City, The Maërlande Chronicles, and Reluctant Voyagers. In 1990 she won the Governor General's Award for best English translation.

Jane Brierley's profile page