You Can't Get There from Here: The Past As Present in Small-Town Ontario Fiction
Author:   Ryan Porter
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
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9781487504243


Pages:   277
Publication Date:   08 April 2019
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Ryan Porter
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.460kg
ISBN:  

9781487504243


ISBN 10:   1487504241
Pages:   277
Publication Date:   08 April 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments Introduction: Projecting Difference − The Heritage of Small-Town and Rural Ontario 1 Rural Past and Urban Present: Landscape as Time 2 Saying Goodbye to Mariposa: Rebutting the Small-Town Convention 3 Memory and Departure Part One: Synthesizing Memory – The Artist as Community Part Two: Departure, Return, Departure 4 Past Dependencies and Consolatory Histories Conclusion: Reflecting on Nostalgia’s Restoration Works Cited and Consulted Index

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""Ryan Porter’s insightful study, You Can’t Get There From Here: The Past as Present in Small-Town Ontario Fiction, observes the extent to which the canonical rural Ontario writing that participates in the small-town myth is produced from an urban vantage point."" -- André Narbonne * <em>American Review of Canadian Studies </em> *


""Ryan Porter’s insightful study, You Can’t Get There From Here: The Past as Present in Small-Town Ontario Fiction, observes the extent to which the canonical rural Ontario writing that participates in the small-town myth is produced from an urban vantage point."" - André Narbonne (American Review of Canadian Studies )


Ryan Porter's insightful study, You Can't Get There From Here: The Past as Present in Small-Town Ontario Fiction, observes the extent to which the canonical rural Ontario writing that participates in the small-town myth is produced from an urban vantage point. -- Andre Narbonne * <em>American Review of Canadian Studies </em> *


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Ryan Porter is Professor of Technical Communication at Algonquin College.

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