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University of Toronto Quarterly
Volume 88, No. 1, Winter 2019
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Articles
Milton, Shakespeare, and Canadian Confederation: Thomas D’Arcy McGee as
Literary Critic
Gary Kuchar
While John Milton’s influence on the founding of the American republic is
well documented, his presence in Canadian Confederation remains virtually
unknown. Yet Milton is a significant figure in the work of Thomas D’Arcy
McGee, the so-called “prophet of Canadian Confederation.” Revealingly,
McGee’s interpretation of Milton as a moderate Christian humanist differs
significantly from the more dominant American reception of him as a
political and religious radical. Similarly, McGee’s defence of
constitutional monarchy finds support in his reading of Shakespeare as an
ideal embodiment of the supposed Elizabethan synthesis of monarchical and
republican traditions. Ultimately, McGee’s conservative reading of Milton
reinforced his mature political, constitutional, and social vision, whereas
his reading of Shakespeare actively shaped it.
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Patriotisme et cosmopolitisme chez Diderot
Jean-Christophe Rebejkow
Les conceptions de Diderot, généralement considéré comme cosmopolite,
sont-elles incompatibles avec son patriotisme, ces deux notions étant
contradictoires ? Dans l’Encyclopédie, les termes patrie, patriotisme sont
plus fréquents que ceux de cosmopolite ou de cosmopolitisme : pour favoriser
le sentiment patriotique, la patrie doit assurer bonheur et liberté ; il ne
peut donc y avoir de patrie sous le despotisme. Diderot se fait l’écho
fidèle de ces conceptions ; insistant sur le respect de la propriété,
condition indispensable du patriotisme, il suggère que le patriote se
sacrifie pour sa patrie. Dans la société qu’il préconise, les concours, qui
supplantent les charges, vénales, sont la garantie d’une patrie attachée aux
droits du citoyen : liberté, propriété, indispensables à son bonheur.
Quoique peu représenté dans l’œuvre de Diderot, le cosmopolitisme,
respectueux des identités nationales, y apparaît comme une vision élargie du
patriotisme, car il englobe le genre humain. Sa conception du patriotisme,
teintée de cosmopolitisme, annonce les positions des révolutionnaires.
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The Royal Commission and Rudnyckyj’s Mission: The Forging of Official
Multiculturalism in Canada, 1963–71
Thomas M. Prymak
This article discusses the forging of the concept and policy of official
multiculturalism in Canada during the 1960s and early 1970s, which largely
came out of the work of the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and
Biculturalism. In particular, it features the important role played by the
linguist Jaroslav Rudnyckyj and by Ukrainian Canadians. The article argues
that the term “multiculturalism” was coined and pioneered in Canada prior to
its general use elsewhere and that a particular conjunction of demographic
realities, and national and even international politics, made this possible.
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From Musicology to Novel: Reassessing Robertson Davies’s Literary
Representation of Peter Warlock
Michael Allis
This article reconsiders the literary refiguring of the British composer
Peter Warlock as the character Giles Revelstoke in Robertson Davies’s 1958
novel A Mixture of Frailties. Although several Davies scholars have
highlighted the general nature of this portrait, a detailed consideration of
how Cecil Gray’s 1934 study of Warlock was a catalyst for Davies has yet to
be explored. Gray’s book allowed Davies to incorporate a plethora of details
from Warlock’s biography (including his untimely death) and to draw upon
Warlock’s work as a composer and critic, his reception, and his family
background; however, Davies was also able to explore his own interpretative
space. In comparing A Mixture of Frailties with other literary refigurings
of Warlock in the early twentieth century, the detail of Davies’s portrayal
is distinctive, particularly in terms of its discussion of music. Davies’s
novel can therefore be identified as a significant contribution to
musico-literary relations.
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Corrigendum
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