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Title:

Riel's defence : perspectives on his speeches / edited by Hans V. Hansen.

Publisher:

McGill-Queen's University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

vi, 331 pages ; 23 cm

Subject:

Riel, Louis,--1844-1885--Criticism and interpretation.
Riel, Louis,--1844-1885--Trials, litigation, etc.
Speeches, addresses, etc., Canadian (English)--Canada, Western--History and criticism.
Forensic orations--Canada, Western--History--19th century.
Rhetoric--Canada, Western--History--19th century.
Trials (Treason)--Canada, Western--History--19th century.
Métis--History--Canada, Western--History--19th century.
Riel Rebellion, 1885--Sources.
Canada, Western--History--19th century--Sources.

Other Authors:

Hansen, Hans V., 1948- editor. editor.
Riel, Louis, 1844-1885. Speeches.

Notes:

Includes reprints of two speeches given by Louis Riel. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The case of two trials, Louis Riel and Socrates : intersections, overlaps, divergences / Louis Groarke. "Through the grace of God I am the founder of Manitoba" : Louis Riel's constitutional thought / Nicole C. O'Byrne -- Louis Riel's trial speeches / Thomas Flanagan -- The use and force of rhetorical strategies in Louis Riel's first speech / Christopher Tindale -- Narrative and logical orders in Louis Riel's address to the jury / Hans V. Hansen -- "A new German-Indian world" in the north-west : a Métis deconstruction of the rhetoric of immigration in Louis Riel's trial speeches / Kerry Sloan -- Reconstructing the substantive argument in Louis Riel's address to the jury / Paul Groarke -- "An insane and irresponsible government" : Louis Riel and the representation of responsibility / Benjamin Authers -- "Who starts the nations?" : Louis Riel and the question of geopolitical legitimacy / Jennifer Reid -- Louis Riel's ethos and the différend / Maurice Charland -- The case of two trials, Louis Riel and Socrates : intersections, overlaps, divergences / Louis Groarke.

ISBN:

0773543368
9780773543362
077354335X
9780773543355

OCLC:

(OCoLC)864505051

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)