62 - Towards the Last Spike: Discussing the Canadian Pacific Railway

A Cultural History of Canada

In which we discuss the idea of the Canadian Pacific Railway - what it represents to Canada's myths, its symbolism, and its role in nation/state-building. We use works by E.J. Pratt, F.R. Scott, and G.M. Grant to help us think through this landmark moment in Canada's history. Get 2 months of free podcast hosting by going to: https://signup.libsyn.com/?promo_code=CANLIT

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• Belshaw, John Douglas. Canadian History: Post-Confederation, BC Open Textbook, 2012. https://opentextbc.ca/postconfederation/
• Grant, G. M. Ocean to Ocean: Sandford Fleming's Expedition through Canada in 1872, James Campbell & Son, Toronto, 1873. https://play.google.com/books/reader?id=VCNaAAAAcAAJ&pg=GBS.PR16&hl=en
• Jackel, David. “Ocean to Ocean: G. M. Grant’s ’round unvarnish’d tale’.” Canadian Literature 81, Summer 1979, pp. 7-23. https://canlit.ca/full-issue/?issue=81
• Pratt, E. J. Towards the Last Spike, Macmillan of Canada, 1952. https://www.trentu.ca/faculty/pratt/poems/texts/188/fr188annotated.html
• Scott, F. R. “All the Spikes But the Last.” The Collected Poems of F. R. Scott, 1981. https://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/content/all-spikes-last