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Walking studies, the eastern townships, and William S. Messier’s Dixie

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This article is part of a project entitled, ‘Heartlands/Pays du cœur’. This aims to offer new critical approaches to Québec's ‘regional’ novel; focusing on representations of rural, semi-rural, exurban and urban spaces and places outside of the province's largest city, Montreal. The article considers material and imaginary geographies of the Eastern Townships in relation to William S. Messier's Dixie (2013). Drawing on theories on walking, it is structured around a walking interview with the author, in which he and I discuss the importance of place in his writing whilst moving through key sites featured within it.

Acceptance Date Mar 23, 2016
Publication Date Jun 1, 2016
Journal Nottingham French Studies
Print ISSN 0029-4586
Publisher Edinburgh University Press
Pages 224-238
DOI https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2016.0150
Keywords walking, Eastern Townships, Dixie, interview, rural, William S. Messier
Publisher URL http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2016.0150

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