Canadian Literature / Littérature canadienne A Quarterly of Criticism and Review Number 213, Summer 212, New Work on Early Canadian Literature Published by The University of British Columbia, Vancouver Editor: Margery Fee Associate Editors: Judy Brown (Reviews), Joël Castonguay-Bélanger (Francophone Writing), Glenn Deer (Poetry), Laura Moss (Reviews) Past Editors: George Woodcock (1959–1977), W.H. New (1977–1995), Eva-Marie Kröller (1995–23), Laurie Ricou (23–27) Editorial Board Heinz Antor University of Cologne Alison Calder University of Manitoba Carrie Dawson Dalhousie University Cecily Devereux University of Alberta Kristina Fagan University of Saskatchewan Janice Fiamengo University of Ottawa Carole Gerson Simon Fraser University Helen Gilbert University of London Susan Gingell University of Saskatchewan Faye Hammill University of Strathclyde Paul Hjartarson University of Alberta Coral Ann Howells University of Reading Smaro Kamboureli University of Guelph Jon Kertzer University of Calgary Ric Knowles University of Guelph Louise Ladouceur University of Alberta Patricia Merivale University of British Columbia Judit Molnár University of Debrecen Linda Morra Bishop’s University Lianne Moyes Université de Montréal Maureen Moynagh St. Francis Xavier University Reingard Nischik University of Constance Ian Rae King’s University College Julie Rak University of Alberta Roxanne Rimstead Université de Sherbrooke Sherry Simon Concordia University Patricia Smart Carleton University David Staines University of Ottawa Cynthia Sugars University of Ottawa Neil ten Kortenaar University of Toronto Marie Vautier University of Victoria Gillian Whitlock University of Queensland David Williams University of Manitoba Mark Williams Victoria University, New Zealand Herb Wyile Acadia University Editorial Guest Editors: Janice Fiamengo and Thomas Hodd New Work on Early Canadian Literature 6 Articles I.S. MacLaren Paul Kane’s Wanderings of an Artist and the Rise of Transcontinental Canadian Nationalism 16 Articles, continued Michele Holmgren “Ireland and England will be too little for me”: The Canadian Letters of Lord Edward Fitzgerald in Thomas Moore’s The Life and Death of Lord Edward Fitzgerald 40 Brooke Pratt Duncan’s Folly: The Murchison House as Mock Ruin 59 Jennifer Harris Unmasking The Literary Garland’s T.D. Foster 84 Florian Freitag Weltgeschichte as Heilsgeschichte: Typology in Mary Rowlandson’s and Jérôme Lalemant’s Captivity Narratives 100 Jennifer Henderson Taste and Colonial Conjugality in Susan Frances Harrison 117 Heather Jones Class, Culture, and Belief: The Contexts of Charles Heavysege’s Christian Poetry 141 Poems John Barton 39 Joy Russell 99, 116 derek beaulieu 58 Kenneth Sherman 140 John Reibetanz 82 Books in Review Forthcoming book reviews are available at http://canlit.ca/reviews Authors Reviewed Angie Abdou 156 Sarah Carter 191 Nina Lee Aquino 158 Pam Chamberlain 176 Tammy Armstrong 172 Sue Chenette 179 Oana Avasilichioaei 189 Lesley Choyce 162 Gary Barwin 172 Mary Frances Coady 163 William Beard 183 Wayde Compton 164 Véronique Bessens 159 Dora Dueck 163 bill bissett 160 Robert Eady 163 Susan Briscoe 179 Len Early 166 Leslie Buffam 169 Lee Easton 167 Kate Eichhorn 160 Joan Thomas 187 Alvin Finkel 191 David Thompson 166 Jon Paul Fiorentino 172 Miriam Toews 156 Peter Fortna 191 Priscila Uppal 189 Normand Génois 159 Jane Urquhart 187 Rachna Gilmore 169 John Warkentin 191 Mark Harris 183 Rob Winger 185 Richard Harrison 167 Jens Zimmerman 178 Sarah N. Harvey 169 Steven Heighton 170 Reviewers Michael Helm 170 Tim Blackmore 167 Tomson Highway 172 Gordon Bölling 170 Gary Kent 169 Clint Bruce 175 Don Kerr 172 Clint Burnham 160 Susan Knutson 174 Lily Cho 164 Michel Létourneau 159 Timothy E. Dugdale 178 David Lonergan 175 Seth Feldman 183 S. Leigh Matthews 176 Janice Fiamengo 186 Claudia Medina 183 Gordon Gamlin 158 Vanessa Moeller 185 Daniel Harvey 180 William E. Moreau 166 Beverley Haun 187 Erín Moure 189 Thomas Hodd 166 Robin Muller 169 Suzanne James 162 Holly Faith Nelson 178 Maryann Tjart Jantzen 163 Susin Nielsen 162 Kirsty Johnston 182 Merle Nudelman 179 David Leahy 179 Michael Peterman 166 Jodi Lundgren 176 Marguerite Pigeon 160 Kathleen McHale 156 Doug Saunders 180 George Melnyk 191 Shelley Scott 182 Vin Nardizzi 174 Johanne Sloan 183 Stéphanie Nutting 172 Heather Spears 185 Michael Roberson 172 David Stouck 186 Mariloue Sainte-Marie 159 Jordan Stouck 186 Christine Stewart 189 Robert Sylvestre 159 Hilary Turner 169 Lynn R. 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As a field of study, however, it remains an uneven and tantalizingly patchwork affair, not unlike the maps of early Canada that enticed the explorers and adventurers who set out to be the eyes of the Hudson’s Bay or North West fur-trading companies. From the period of the nationalist renaissance in Canadian studies— usually traced to such influential surveys as Margaret Atwood’s Survival (1972) and John Moss’ Patterns of Isolation (1974)—early Canadian texts served as touchstones for critics’ synthesizing generalizations. We might think, for example, of the iconic power