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Make the Night Hideous
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 257

Make the Night Hideous

The charivari is a loud, late-night surprise house-visiting custom from members of a community, usually to a newlywed couple, accompanied by a quête (a request for a treat or money in exchange for the noisy performance) and/or pranks. Up to the first decades of the twentieth century, charivaris were for the most part enacted to express disapproval of the relationship that was their focus, such as those between individuals of different ages, races, or religions. While later charivaris maintained the same rituals, their meaning changed to a welcoming of the marriage. Make the Night Hideous explores this mysterious transformation using four detailed case studies from different time periods and locations across English Canada, as well as first-person accounts of more recent charivari participants. Pauline Greenhill's unique and fascinating work explores the malleability of a tradition, its continuing value, and its contestation in a variety of discourses.

Catalogue of the Public Archives Library
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 922

Catalogue of the Public Archives Library

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1979
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 712

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1977
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Canadian Book-prices Current: 1956-1958
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 232

Canadian Book-prices Current: 1956-1958

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1957
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Canadian Book-prices Current
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 232

Canadian Book-prices Current

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1956
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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The Routledge Introduction to Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Canadian Poetry
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 222

The Routledge Introduction to Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Canadian Poetry

When asked the question "what is the power of poetry?," writer Ian Williams said "poetry punctures the surface." Williams' statement—that poetry matters and that it does something—is at the heart of this book. Building from this core idea that poetry perforates the everyday to give greater range to our lives and our thinking, the practical and pedagogical aim of this book is twofold: the first aim is to provide students with an introduction to the key cultural, political, and historical events that inform twentieth- and twenty-first-century Canadian poetry; and to familiarize those same readers with poetic movements, trends, and forms of the same time period. This book addresses the aest...

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1922 Sailing Vessels
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 686

Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1922 Sailing Vessels

The Lloyd's Register of Shipping records the details of merchant vessels over 100 gross tonnes, which are self-propelled and sea-going, regardless of classification. Before the time, only those vessels classed by Lloyd's Register were listed. Vessels are listed alphabetically by their current name.

Canadian Who's Who 1990
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1052

Canadian Who's Who 1990

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1990-08
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Public Accounts of the Province of New Brunswick
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 1264

Public Accounts of the Province of New Brunswick

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1919
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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