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Annie Rehill's analysis of literary portrayals of coureurs de bois and voyageurs offers an environmentally motivated view that is complicated and deepened by a historical foundation that increases awareness of the complexities involved in the human journey on Earth. It will be of interest to scholars and students in Quebec studies, Francophone studies, and ecocriticism, as well as to general readers concerned with the environment. The book could be useful in Quebec literature and Francophone cultural studies at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and it could be used for courses in literary criticism and environmental studies. -- Denis M. Provencher, University of Arizona Backwoodsmen as Ecocritical Motif in French Canadian Literature focuses on one established figure to offer an innovative perspective informed by ecocritical and postcolonial theories. Inspired by intercultural intersections and environmental concerns, the study reinvigorates approaches such as those of Said, Serres, and Glissant, to reach pragmatic conclusions that will provide fertile material for discussion and debate in courses centered on issues of relevance to both the Francophone world and the planet as a whole. -- Cecile Accilien, Kansas University

Any good book should raise more questions in the reader's mind than it can hope to answer. Rehill's selection of texts, her historical and literary analyses and her thinking with and against current ecocritical work raise important questions about the value and the viability of `cross-cultural reflection and collaboration' (p. 185). * Bulletin of Francophone Postcolonial Studies * This argument serves as an important illustration of the contribution that the study of literatures in languages other than English can bring to ecocriticism as a whole. Scholars of French-Canadian literature will no doubt appreciate this study for the historical and literary background of the coureur de bois, and the focus on the links between wilderness and human establishments should be of interest to ecocritical scholars of all stripes. * The French Review * Annie Rehill's analysis of literary portrayals of coureurs de bois and voyageurs offers an environmentally motivated view that is complicated and deepened by a historical foundation that increases awareness of the complexities involved in the human journey on Earth. It will be of interest to scholars and students in Quebec studies, Francophone studies, and ecocriticism, as well as to general readers concerned with the environment. The book could be useful in Quebec literature and Francophone cultural studies at both the graduate and undergraduate levels, and it could be used for courses in literary criticism and environmental studies. -- Denis M. Provencher, University of Arizona Backwoodsmen as Ecocritical Motif in French Canadian Literature focuses on one established figure to offer an innovative perspective informed by ecocritical and postcolonial theories. Inspired by intercultural intersections and environmental concerns, the study reinvigorates approaches such as those of Said, Serres, and Glissant, to reach pragmatic conclusions that will provid e fertile material for discussion and debate in courses centered on issues of relevance to both the Francophone world and the planet as a whole. -- Cecile Accilien, Kansas University

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Anne Rehill manages the oral history program at the U.S. Naval Institute.

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