A Cultural History of Canada15 Nov 2020

24 - Early Medical History (Part 2) - Grosse Île

In which we power through some internet troubles to talk about Grosse Île Quarantine Station! We use poems by Margaret Atwood and Al Purdy to discuss more of the psychological effects of being in isolation in the 19th century than scientific medical practices. Still great fun though!

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Sources & Further Reading:

Atwood, Margaret. "Disembarking at Quebec" & "Further Arrivals," The Journals of Susanna Moodie, OUP, 1970.
Charbonneau, André and André Sévigny. '1847, Grosse Île: A Record of Daily Events', Canadian Heritage/Patrimoine Canadien, 1997.
Duffin, Jacalyn. "cholera." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Holmgren, Michele. "'Stranger No Longer': Recuperating Memories of Place from Present Amnesia in Al Purdy's 'Grosse Isle.'" The Canadian Journal of Irish Studies, vol. 39, no. 1, 2015, pp. 142–161. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/24635404.
Houston, Cecil J. "Grosse Île." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Purdy, Al. "Grosse Île, " Beyond Remembering: the Poems of Al Purdy, Harbour Publishing, 2000.
Quigley, Michael. "Grosse Ile: Canada's Island Famine Memorial." History Ireland, vol. 5, no. 2, 1997, pp. 22–26. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/27724456

Find the transcribed poems and extras mentioned in the episode right here.

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Check out this great independent poetry anthology, 'Isolated Together', right here.

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