Two Solitudes

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Two Solitudes

novel by MacLennan

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Canadian literature
Modern period, 1900–60
In the panoramic Two Solitudes (1945) and The Watch That Ends the Night (1959), framed against the backdrop of the two world wars, Hugh MacLennan attempted to capture moral, social, and religious conflicts that rent individuals, families, and the French and English communities in Quebec. Sheila Watson’s enigmatic…
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In the panoramic Two Solitudes (1945) and The Watch That Ends the Night (1959), framed against the backdrop of the two world wars, Hugh MacLennan attempted to capture moral, social, and religious conflicts that rent individuals, families, and the French and English communities in Quebec. Sheila Watson’s enigmatic…
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Hugh MacLennan
His later novels include Two Solitudes (1945), which explores Anglo-French relations in Canada; The Precipice (1948), a study of differences between Canadian and U.S. citizens; and The Watch That Ends the Night (1959), an existentialist study of a man faced with a moral and psychological crisis. Return of the…
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His later novels include Two Solitudes (1945), which explores Anglo-French relations in Canada; The Precipice (1948), a study of differences between Canadian and U.S. citizens; and The Watch That Ends the Night (1959), an existentialist study of a man faced with a moral and psychological crisis. Return of the…
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