Walking studies, the eastern townships, and William S. Messier’s Dixie

Morgan

Abstract

This article is part of a project entitled, ‘Heartlands/Pays du cœur’. This aims to offer new critical approaches to Québec's ‘regional’ novel; focusing on representations of rural, semi-rural, exurban and urban spaces and places outside of the province's largest city, Montreal. The article considers material and imaginary geographies of the Eastern Townships in relation to William S. Messier's Dixie (2013). Drawing on theories on walking, it is structured around a walking interview with the author, in which he and I discuss the importance of place in his writing whilst moving through key sites featured within it.

Citation

Morgan. (2016). Walking studies, the eastern townships, and William S. Messier’s Dixie. Nottingham French Studies, 224-238. https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2016.0150

• Acceptance Date: Mar 23, 2016
• Publication Date: Jun 1, 2016
• Journal: Nottingham French Studies
• Print ISSN: 0029-4586
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Pages: 224-238
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2016.0150
• Keywords: walking, Eastern Townships, Dixie, interview, rural, William S. Messier
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/nfs.2016.0150