69 - 'The Western Avernus': British Columbia c. 1880s

A Cultural History of Canada

Happy New Year!! We're back to talk about Confederation-era BC and a novel/travelogue called The Western Avernus, which likely influenced Conrad's Heart of Darkness! Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: [e-mail], Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Further Reading/Sources:

• Mouat, Jeremy. “Morley Roberts in the Western Avernus.” The Pacific Northwest Quarterly, vol. 93, no. 1, 2001, pp. 26–36. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/40492820.
• Pratt, Mary Louise. Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation, London, 1992.
• Roberts, Morley. The Western Avernus, London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1887. https://archive.org/details/westernavernus00robegoog/page/n66/mode/1up?ref=ol&view=theater
• Stanley, Timothy J. “The Chinese in Canada,” Canadian History: Post-Confederation, edited by John Douglas Belshaw, 2012.
• Treaty 8 map, https://canadianhistoryworkshop.wordpress.com/treaties/treaty-eight/