The Clockmaker

Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-55481-121-2
Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 346 g

Reihe: Broadview Editions

The serial publication of The Clockmaker in 1835-6 launched Canadian judge Thomas Chandler Haliburton to literary fame. A broad satire with a garrulous, deceitful American clock-seller as its central character, the book was embraced by reviewers and readers internationally. Some Canadian reviewers were less enthusiastic, however, with one calling Slick's comically fanciful American slang ""low, mean, miserable, and witless."" Almost two centuries later The Clockmaker is still central to Canadian literary history-and still highly controversial, particularly for its treatment of women and black Canadians.

Richard Davies, a world expert on Haliburton, provides a nuanced and illuminating discussion of the controversies surrounding The Clockmaker from 1835 to the present and of the complex historical and political factors that led to its composition and reception. Historical documents include other writings and speeches by Haliburton, earlier satires of Canadian and American culture and contemporary reviews.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

Davies, Richard A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Thomas Chandler Haliburton: A Brief Chronology
- A Note on the Text
- The Clockmaker
- Appendix A: Pre-The Clockmaker Texts
- 1. From Thomas Chandler Haliburton, A General Description of Nova Scotia (1823)
- 2. Extracts from Legislative Speeches
- 3. From "The Club," Novascotian (21 May 1829)
- 4. From An Historical and Statistical Account of Nova Scotia (1829)
- Appendix B: Precursors
- 1. From Thomas McCulloch, The Mephibosheth Stepsure Letters (1822-3)
- 2. From Seba Smith, The Life and Writings of Major Jack Downing, of Downingville (1833)
- 3. From Charles Augustus Davis, Letters of J. Downing, Major, Downingville Militia, Second Brigade (1834)
- 4. From Matthew St. Clair Clarke, Sketches and Eccentricities of Col. David Crockett, of West Tennessee (1833)
- 5.From John Howison, Sketches of Upper Canada (1822)
- Appendix C: Comments by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
- 1. A.L.S. Joseph Howe (15 November 1835)
- 2. A.L.S. Richard Bentley (1 September 1840)
- 3. From a Speech at a "Dinner to Thomas C. Haliburton," Novascotian (12 June 1839)
- Appendix D: Contemporary Reviews
- 1. Julian [Alexander Stewart], Acadian Recorder (10 June 1837)
- 2. From "The World We Live In," Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1837)
- Appendix E: Edmund Burke and Alexis de Tocqueville
- 1. From Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution of France (1790)
- 2. From Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America (1835)
- Select Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Thomas Chandler Haliburton 91796-1865) WAS A Nova Scotian judge, politician and novelist, best known for his Clockmaker series of comic serials.

Richard A. Davies is Professor Emeritus of English and Theatre at Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia.