Reconstructing National Identity: The Nation Forged in Fire-Myth and Canadian Literature

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Dedication
Contents
1 Introduction
2 What is National Identity?
	2.1 What is a Nation?
	2.2 The Construction of National Identity
3 Inventing the Canadian Nation
	3.1 The Tradition of Inventing the Canadian Nation
	3.2 Inventing the Nation Forged in Fire
		3.2.1 The Nation Forged in Fire-Myth in Contemporary Memorial Culture
		3.2.2 The Origin of the Nation Forged in Fire-Myth: The First World War
			3.2.2.1 The World at War: The First World War as the Great War
			3.2.2.2 Canada at War: The First World War as Hotbed for Inventing the Canadian Nation
4 The Literary Reconstruction of the Canadian Nation Forged in Fire
	4.1 Concussion and a Translocation of the Nation’s Birthplace: Hugh MacLennan’s Barometer Rising
		4.1.1 Introductory Note
		4.1.2 Barometer Rising
		4.1.3 Conclusion
	4.2 The Paradoxical Community of Isolated Individuals: Timothy Findley’s The Wars
		4.2.1 Introductory Note
		4.2.2 The Wars
		4.2.3 Conclusion
	4.3 The Returned Soldiers’ Need for Community: Jack Hodgins’ Broken Ground
		4.3.1 Introductory Note
		4.3.2 Broken Ground
		4.3.3 Conclusion
	4.4 The Canadian National Vimy Memorial and a New Epic Tale of the Birth of the Nation: Jane Urquhart’s The Stone Carvers
		4.4.1 Introductory Note
		4.4.2 The Stone Carvers
		4.4.3 Conclusion
	4.5 The (Dis)Ability Issue: Frances Itani’s Deafening
		4.5.1 Introductory Note
		4.5.2 Deafening
		4.5.3 Conclusion
	4.6 The Native Point of View: Joseph Boyden’s Three Day Road
		4.6.1 Introductory Note
		4.6.2 Three Day Road
		4.6.3 Conclusion
5 General Conclusion and Outlook
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