{"product_id":"new-brunswick-at-the-crossroads-tony-tremblay-9781771122078","title":"New Brunswick at the Crossroads: Literary Ferment and Social Change in the East","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is the relationship between literature and the society in which it incubates? Are there common political, social, and economic factors that predominate during periods of heightened literary activity?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew Brunswick at the Crossroads: Literary Ferment and Social Change in the East\u003c\/i\u003e considers these questions and explores the relationships between periods of creative ferment in New Brunswick and the socio-cultural conditions of those times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe province's literature is ideally suited to such a study because of its bicultural character--in both English and French, periods of intense literary creativity occurred at different times and for different reasons. What emerges is a cultural geography in New Brunswick that has existed not in isolation from the rest of Canada but often at the creative forefront of imagined alternatives in identity and citizenship. At a time when cultural industries are threatened by forces that seek to negate difference and impose uniformity, \u003ci\u003eNew Brunswick at the Crossroads\u003c\/i\u003e provides an understanding of the intersection of cultures and social economies, contributing to critical discussions about what constitutes \"the creative\" in Canadian society, especially in rural, non-central spaces like New Brunswick. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tony Tremblay\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771122072\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771122078\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Tony Tremblay","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46431396495615,"sku":"9781771122078","price":39.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_cc024328-3c02-433b-be69-ee50e7fecf3e.jpg?v=1735141197","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-brunswick-at-the-crossroads-tony-tremblay-9781771122078","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}