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Mindscapes of Montreal

Quebec's Urban Novel, 1960-2005. French and Francophone Studies

By (author) Ceri Morgan
Format: Hardback
Publisher: University of Wales Press, Wales, United Kingdom
Published: 31st Oct 2012
Dimensions: w 138mm h 216mm d 23mm
Weight: 431g
ISBN-10: 0708325335
ISBN-13: 9780708325339
Barcode No: 9780708325339
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In examining a number of francophone Montreal novels from 1960 to 2005, this interdisciplinary study considers the ways in which these connect with material landscapes to produce a city of neighbourhoods. In so doing, it reflects on how Montreal has been seen as both home and not home for francophone Quebecers. Morgan offers an overview of the fiction; examines micro and macro geographies of Montreal, and identifies some key literary trends. In so doing, it reflects on the importance of the imaginary in our experiencing and understanding of the urban.

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"'Mindscapes of Montreal: Quebec's urban novel, 1960-2005' is a gem of a book. Highly readable, it moves out from its large corpus of Montreal novels to fill in the aesthetic, social and political backdrops against which these novels were written. Then Morgan moves back into the novels themselves, capturing each book's formal innovations and engagements with the complex cultural and linguistic geographies of Montreal. The author's treatment of Quebecois literature overall is comprehensive and well-informed, but the appeal of the book extends far beyond the field of literary scholarship. 'Mindscapes of Montreal' has a great deal to offer those, like myself, engaged in urban cultural studies, or others interested in Quebec culture in a general sense." Professor William Straw, Director, McGill Institute for the Study of Canada