1. Writing War: The Colin McDougall Archive.
- Author
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Abram, Zachary
- Subjects
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WORLD War II in literature , *EXECUTIONS & executioners in literature , *FICTION writing , *HUMANITY in literature , *ARCHIVAL research , *ARCHIVAL resources , *CANADIAN literature , *LITERARY criticism , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
The article discusses the Canadian author, World War II veteran, and school administrator Colin McDougall, focusing on a discussion of McDougall's war experiences and why he only wrote one book based off research into the collection of his personal papers at McGill University's Rare Books and Special Collections Department. Other topics include a discussion of McDougall's book "Execution" and its basis off of real life Canadian soldier Harold Pringle, biographical information on McDougall, and a discussion of McDougall's writing process and the emotions behind his text. It also discussed postmodern criticisms of "Execution."
- Published
- 2013