Romancing History?

Résumé du livre

First published in 2000, Wayne Johnston's The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is an enduring contribution to the literature of Newfoundland and Labrador. In Romancing History?, Stan Dragland examines the novel's indelible portrait of its central character, Joey Smallwood. What liberties did Johnston take in transforming Smallwood from historical figure to literary character, and to what end? Starting with this incisive analysis of Smallwood's 'sea change,' Dragland offers a luminous reading of Johnston's novel that sees it as 'a giant contemplation of Newfoundland,' one 'large enough and compelling enough and playfully original enough to earn a place alongside other nation-making epics.'