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- Title
"a terrain of jagged, fearful aspect": Reconsidering Patrick Kavanagh's Gaff Topsails.
- Authors
Chafe, Paul
- Abstract
A literary criticism of the book "Gaff Topsails" by Patrick Kavanagh is presented. It explores the role of Newfoundland as a setting for the book's Irish Catholic community, considering its myths, legends, history, and culture in the work. The symbolism of the Old Outport as a romantic Newfoundland tradition are described.
- Subjects
NEWFOUNDLAND &; Labrador; KAVANAGH, Patrick; GAFF Topsails (Book); IRISH Catholic fiction (English); LEGENDS in literature; CANADIAN literature; LITERARY criticism; TWENTIETH century; FICTION
- Publication
Newfoundland & Labrador Studies, 2016, Vol 31, Issue 1, p37
- ISSN
1719-1726
- Publication type
Literary Criticism