Ocean liners in Canadian literature

Hammill, F. (2023) Ocean liners in Canadian literature. British Journal of Canadian Studies, 35(1), pp. 21-47. (doi: 10.3828/bjcs.2023.2)

Abstract

Ocean liners in Canadian literature This article explores the idea of the ocean liner in the Canadian literary imagination, asking how it has transformed from a functional machine into a powerful symbol, and how it has become a focus for dreams and terrors. The research encompasses English Canadian and French Canadian novels and poems which represent the passenger experience on a liner. Beginning with narratives of emigration, the discussion moves on to travel writing in the context of empire and then to stories of shipwreck and of war, fictions of the voyage as rite of passage, evocations of the glamour of interwar liner travel, and finally to writing about holidays.

• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Hammill, Professor Faye
• Authors: Hammill, F.
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > English Literature
• Journal Name: British Journal of Canadian Studies
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• ISSN: 0269-9222
• ISSN (Online): 1757-8078
• Published Online: 25 March 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2023 Liverpool University Press
• First Published: First published in British Journal of Canadian Studies 35(1): 21-47
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy