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Man Should Rejoice is one of two hitherto unpublished novels by acclaimed novelist Hugh MacLennan. Completed in 1937 and left unpublished due to economic conditions during the Great Depression, it lay in the McGill archives until now.
This critical edition of Man Should Rejoice , which is also the first-ever publication of the work, is comprised of a critical introduction, a bibliography of published and unpublished sources, a fully-edited text based on a typescript of the novel, a list of textual emendations, and explanatory notes.
The introduction draws upon extensive research undertaken in three Canadian archival collections located in Montreal and Calgary. It provides relevant historical, cultural, and biographical context for the novel.
From hundreds of archival documents, Colin Hill reconstructs a textual history of the novel's production that acknowledges the crucial contribution of Dorothy Duncan, who heavily revised the text and assisted MacLennan behind the scenes. Hill also explores the critical reception of MacLennan's fiction from the 1930s to the present.
This book is published in English.
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Man Should Rejoice est un des deux romans inedits du grand romancier Hugh MacLennan. Termine en 1937, il fut victime de la Grande Crise et fut conserve dans les archives de McGill jusqu'a maintenant.
Cette edition critique de Man Should Rejoice comprend une introduction critique, une bibliographie des sources publiees et non publiees, le texte revise tire d'un tapuscrit du roman, une liste des emendations textuelles, et des notes explicatives.
L'introduction, qui repose sur des recherches archivistiques poussees de trois collections canadiennes situees a Montreal et a Calgary, fournit le contexte historique, culturel et biographique du roman.
Colin Hill erige l'histoire textuelle de l'ecriture de ce roman a partir de centaines de documents d'archives qui jettent la lumiere sur la contribution cle de Dorothy Duncan, qui a revise en profondeur le texte et a aide MacLennan en coulisses. Il explore par ailleurs la reception critique de la fiction de MacLennan, des annees 1930 jusqu'a aujourd'hui.
Ce livre est publie en anglais.