{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"60 - James De Mille's Strange Postmodern Anti-Utopian Novel","description":"In which, using James De Mille's A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder (1888), we talk about utopianism and postmodernism as it relates to Canada and its culture, past and present! It's a wild episode that goes everywhere, but we love it. --- Support: Patreon (https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https:\/\/historiacanadiana.wordpress.com\/books\/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) &amp; Facebook (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CanLitHistory). --- Sources &amp; Further Reading:  De Mille, James. A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder, Harper &amp; Brothers, 1888.&amp;nbsp;  https:\/\/play.google.com\/books\/reader?id=ZG0mAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;pg=GBS.PP1.w.1.0.0&amp;amp;hl=en Parks, M. G. \u201cStrange to Strangers Only,\u201d Canadian Literature 70, 1976, pp. 61\u201378.  https:\/\/canlit.ca\/canlitmedia\/canlit.ca\/pdfs\/articles\/canlit70-Strange(Parks).pdf&amp;nbsp; Woodcock, George. \u201cAn Absence of Utopias.\u201d Editorial. Canadian Literature 42, 1969, pp. 3\u20135.  https:\/\/canlit.ca\/canlitmedia\/canlit.ca\/pdfs\/articles\/canlit42-Editorial(Woodcock).pdf&amp;nbsp; Lamont-Stewart, Linda. \u201cRescued by Postmodernism: The Escalating Value of James De Mille\u2019s A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder,\u201d Canadian Literature 145, 1995, pp. 21\u201336.  https:\/\/canlit.ca\/canlitmedia\/canlit.ca\/pdfs\/articles\/canlit145-Rescued(Stewart).pdf&amp;nbsp; Milnes, Stephen. \u201cColonialist Discourse, Lord Featherstone\u2019s Yawn and the Significance of the Denouement in A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder,\u201d Canadian Literature 145, 1995, pp. 86\u2013104.  https:\/\/canlit.ca\/canlitmedia\/canlit.ca\/pdfs\/articles\/canlit145-Colonialist(Milnes).pdf Multineddu, Flavio. \u201cA Tendentious Game with an Uncanny Riddle: A Strange Manuscript Found in a Copper Cylinder.\u201d Canadian Literature 145, 1995, pp. 62\u201381.  https:\/\/canlit.ca\/canlitmedia\/canlit.ca\/pdfs\/articles\/canlit145-Tendentious(Multineddu).pdf  ","author_name":"A Cultural History of Canada","author_url":"https:\/\/historiacanadiana.wordpress.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23756198\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/131998775"}