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Where Are the Voices Coming From? Canadian Culture and the Legacies of History Edited by Coral Ann Howells r Amsterdam - New York, NY 2004 Contents Preface and Acknowledgements vii Introduction ix PART I: LITERATURE 1 Stories of Wilderness and Settlement Alice Munro's Heritage Narratives — Coral Ann Howells 5 Gabrielle Roy: La Petite Poule d'Eau — Peter Noble 15 2 History and Its Secrets: Criminality and Violence Margaret Atwood: Alias Grace — Coral Ann Howells 29 Anne Hebert: Kamouraska and Les Fous de Bassan — Peter Noble 39 3 Maritime Gothic Ann-Marie MacDonald: Fall On Your Knees —Coral Ann Howells 53 Antonine Maillet: Crache a pic and Mariaagelas —Peter Noble 61 4 History and Dispossession: First Nations Writers Bernard Assiniwi: he Bras-Coupe —Peter Noble 73 Tomson Highway: Kiss of the Fur Queen —Coral Ann Howells 83 5 Nomadism and History Regine Robin: La Quebecoite —Peter Noble 95 Anne Michaels: Fugitive Pieces —Coral Ann Howells 107 PART II: FILM 6 Stories of Wilderness and Settlement Gilles Carle: Maria Chapdelaine —Tony Simons 123 Atom Egoyan: The Sweet Hereafter —David Hutchison 137 7 History and Its Secrets: Criminality and Violence Denys Arcand: Jesus de Montreal —Tony Simons 151 Phillip Borsos: The Grey Fox —David Hutchison 167 8 Maritime Gothic Mort Ransen: Margaret's Museum —Scott Henderson 179 Jacques Savoie: Massabielle —Tony Simons 191 9 History and Dispossession: First Nations Themes Alanis Obomsawin: Kanehsatake —Tony Simons 205 Vincent Ward: Map of the Human Heart —Scott Henderson 217 10 Nomadism and History Lea Pool: Anne Trister —Tony Simons 231 Ted Kotcheff: The Apprenticeship ofDuddy Kravitz — Scott Henderson 247 Conclusion 259 Notes on Contributors 265.

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