R D MacDonald
Biographic Data
| ID | 5512963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R D MacDonald |
| GIVEN NAMES | R D |
| FAMILY NAME | MacDonald |
| SIGNATURE | MACDONALD R D |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hawthorne's (Devilish?) Humour and the Ending of the House of the Seven Gables
In "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (1916), the Canadian social critic and humorist, Stephen Leacock, ironically laments the passing of the devil in order to show the paltriness of our modern preoccupation with "self- development" and "brute force" (46-51). For earlier generations, writes Leacock, belief in the devil "illustrate[d] at once the pleasures and penalties of life.... Merriment in the scheme of things was his, and for those drawn too …
Thomas Chandler Haliburton's 'Machine in the Garden
In a recent symposium, Robert L. McDougall has puzzled over T.C. Haliburton's being a reactionary tory and yet an advocate of technological progress: "How come ... we find this [early nineteenth-century Nova Scotian writer] whose notion of Utopia seems to be an agrarian economy, stable to the point of inertia and supported by an industrious yeomanry benevolently watched over by country squires—how come such a man takes such an interest in buildin…
Thomas Chandler Haliburton's 'Machine in the Garden
In a recent symposium, Robert L. McDougall has puzzled over T.C. Haliburton's being a reactionary tory and yet an advocate of technological progress: "How come ... we find this [early nineteenth-century Nova Scotian writer] whose notion of Utopia seems to be an agrarian economy, stable to the point of inertia and supported by an industrious yeomanry benevolently watched over by country squires—how come such a man takes such an interest in buildin…
Thomas Chandler Haliburton's 'Machine in the Garden
In a recent symposium, Robert L. McDougall has puzzled over T.C. Haliburton's being a reactionary tory and yet an advocate of technological progress: "How come ... we find this [early nineteenth-century Nova Scotian writer] whose notion of Utopia seems to be an agrarian economy, stable to the point of inertia and supported by an industrious yeomanry benevolently watched over by country squires—how come such a man takes such an interest in buildin…
Hawthorne's (Devilish?) Humour and the Ending of the House of the Seven Gables
In "The Devil and the Deep Blue Sea" (1916), the Canadian social critic and humorist, Stephen Leacock, ironically laments the passing of the devil in order to show the paltriness of our modern preoccupation with "self- development" and "brute force" (46-51). For earlier generations, writes Leacock, belief in the devil "illustrate[d] at once the pleasures and penalties of life.... Merriment in the scheme of things was his, and for those drawn too …
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