…Canadian novelist. Since his debut novel, The Barometer Rising (1941), which was based on the Halifax Explosion (1917) during World War I, he has consistently tackled the question of what Canada is. He depicted the conflict between the English and French in Canada in Two Solitudes (1945), and later explored this theme further in The Return of the Sphinx (1967). … *Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Barometer rising" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…カナダの小説家。第1次大戦中のハリファクスの大爆発事件(1917)に取材した処女小説《気圧計上昇中》(1941)以来,カナダとは何か,という問題に一貫して取り組んできた。カナダにおけるイギリス系とフランス系の対立相克を《二つの孤独》(1945)で描き,このテーマを後年《スフィンクスの帰還》(1967)でさらに追求した。… ※「《気圧計上昇中》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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