The Rock Observed: Studies in the Literature of Newfoundland

preface, b&w illustrations, maps, 1. 'It Passeth England': Literature of Discovery and Early Settlement, 1497-1670; 2. Fisthers of Men: Three Missionaries in Eighteenth-Century Newfoundland, 1764-98; 3. Walking New Ground: Books by two Newfoundland Pioneers, 1793-1895; 4. The Triumph of Sentiment: History and Commentary, 1793-1895; 5. The Lure of the North: Fiction and Travel Literature, 1850-1906; 6. Emigrant Muse: E.J. Pratt and Newfoundland, 1882-1907; 7. Bridging Two Worlds: Margared Dunley's Fiction, 1936-42; 8. Visions and Revisions: Some Writers in the new Foundland; 9. The Case of George Tuff: A Concluding Note; notes, credits for illustrations, index. First Edition, 1979. Illustrated tan cloth with brown lettering to spine. "Against a background of political, economic and cultural history the author submits the conflicting literary impressions of his island to a searching critical analysis. He finds the writings of explorers, missionaries, settlers, adventurers, novelists, and poets to be limited, or enlivened, by their own characters and preconceptions." from the jacket flap.