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Blanche Lucile Macdonell
Blanche Lucile Macdonell (1853–1924) was a Canadian author and folklorist, whose writing was described as 'full-blooded and instinct with Canadian life and thought.' Life Blanche Lucile Macdonell lived in Montreal, Montreal, United Province of Canada and much of her writing focused on Culture of Quebec, French Canadian subjects. Her 'first serious attempt in fiction' was ''Diane of Ville Marie: a romance of French Canada,'' published in 1898. The book's subject was seventeenth century Montreal, or 'Ville Marie' as it was then called. In his 1901 work ''Canadian Essays, critical and historical'', Thomas O'Hagan gave a short biography of Macdonell, writing that:Margaret Polson Murray, Maud Ogilvy and Blanche Lucile Macdonell are three Montreal women who have done good work with their pens... Miss Macdonell is of English and French extraction. On her mother’s side she holds kinship with Abbe Ferland, late Professor in Laval University, Quebec, and author of the well-known histo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folklorist
Folklore studies, less often known as folkloristics, and occasionally tradition studies or folk life studies in the United Kingdom, is the branch of anthropology devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the academic study of traditional culture from the Cultural artifact, folklore artifacts themselves. It became established as a field across both Europe and North America, coordinating with ''Volkskunde'' (German language, German), ''folkeminner'' (Norwegian language, Norwegian), and ''folkminnen'' (Swedish language, Swedish), among others. Overview The importance of folklore and folklore studies was recognized globally in 1982 in the UNESCO document "Recommendation on the Safeguarding of Traditional Culture and Folklore". UNESCO again in 2003 published a Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Parallel to these global statements, the American Folklife Preservation Act (P.L. 94-20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
