Man Should Rejoice, by Hugh MacLennan, -

Man Should Rejoice is one of two hitherto unpublished novels by acclaimed novelist Hugh MacLennan. Completed in 1937 and left unpublished due to economic conditions during the Great Depression, it lay in the McGill archives until now.

This critical edition of Man Should Rejoice, which is also the first-ever publication of the work, is comprised of a critical introduction, a bibliography of published and unpublished sources, a fully-edited text based on a typescript of the novel, a list of textual emendations, and explanatory notes.

The introduction draws upon extensive research undertaken in three Canadian archival collections located in Montreal and Calgary. It provides relevant historical, cultural, and biographical context for the novel.

From hundreds of archival documents, Colin Hill reconstructs a textual history of the novel's production that acknowledges the crucial contribution of Dorothy Duncan, who heavily revised the text and assisted MacLennan behind the scenes. Hill also explores the critical reception of MacLennan's fiction from the 1930s to the present.

This book is published in English.

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Man Should Rejoice est un des deux romans in�dits du grand romancier Hugh MacLennan. Termin� en 1937, il fut victime de la Grande Crise et fut conserv� dans les archives de McGill jusqu'� maintenant.

Cette �dition critique de Man Should Rejoice comprend une introduction critique, une bibliographie des sources publi�es et non publi�es, le texte r�vis� tir� d'un tapuscrit du roman, une liste des emendations textuelles, et des notes explicatives.

L'introduction, qui repose sur des recherches archivistiques pouss�es de trois collections canadiennes situ�es � Montr�al et � Calgary, fournit le contexte historique, culturel et biographique du roman.

Colin Hill �rige l'histoire textuelle de l'�criture de ce roman � partir de centaines de documents d'archives qui jettent la lumi�re sur la contribution cl� de Dorothy Duncan, qui a r�vis� en profondeur le texte et a aid� MacLennan en coulisses. Il explore par ailleurs la r�ception critique de la fiction de MacLennan, des ann�es 1930 jusqu'� aujourd'hui.

Ce livre est publi� en anglais.