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- Title
Seeking an "Entente Cordiale": Prosper Bender, French Canada, and Intercultural Brokership in the Nineteenth Century.
- Authors
Lacroix, Patrick
- Abstract
A physician by training, Prosper Bender (1844–1917) achieved prominence through his written work on French Canadians. In the 1870s, he joined the flourishing literary scene of Quebec City, a period that culminated with his Literary Sheaves (1881) and Old and New Canada (1882). Then, for more than a quarter-century, Bender lived in Boston, where he practiced homeopathic medicine and again played the part of an intercultural broker. Doubts concerning his native land's future led him to promote the American annexation of Canada; he also wrote for American readers articles on French-Canadian culture. More than a century later, Bender's body of work reflects the challenges facing post-Confederation Canada and the struggle for mutual understanding between French Canadians and their English-speaking neighbours.
- Subjects
FRENCH-Canadians; HOMEOPATHIC physicians; CROSS-cultural communication; CANADIAN history, 1867-1914; CANADIAN national character; 19TH century (Literary period)
- Publication
Journal of Canadian Studies, 2018, Vol 52, Issue 2, p381
- ISSN
0021-9495
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3138/jcs.2017-0033.r2