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Among the collections of illustrated monographs, “Poètes d'aujourd'hui” (Seghers, 1944-2007) stands both as a model and an exception. Its uniqueness in the editorial milieu in which it is developing first lies in the fact that it is directed by poets, but also in the great stability of its original format. However, fifty years after its creation, this rich collection of two hundred and seventy volumes is set aside, before being relaunched in the 2000s under the direction of Alain Veinstein, and then Bruno Doucey. How can one keep the collection's original spirit while adapting it to a new aesthetic, economic, and pedagogic context ? How can one continue Seghers' work in an editorial market that has several times copied his model and is now leaning towards new formats ? These are the questions the new directors had to answer as they guided the collection's rebirth. Rather than creating something entirely new, it was a question of awakening and adapting. The goal of the interview reported here with Bruno Doucey is to shed light on the transformation of “Poètes d'aujourd'hui”'s editorial format, on the evolution it led to in the type of discourse and the audience for these volumes, on the development of the catalog and on the reasons why the collection ended some sixty years after its creation.
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The Fabulous History of a Kingdom, a show seen by over 1,200,000 spectators since its creation in 1988, contributes to the construction of collective memory. The Saguenay region is portrayed as open to the world, yet at the same time dependent upon this elsewhere, which makes the spectator forget the brilliance of the scenes, the costumes, the sets. But above all, the population, faced with many difficulties, back on their feet every time. The resilience of the community is staged not only in the storyline, but in the large number of actors on stage. This positive vision of history conveys a certain nationalism, and the history of the Kingdom is also that of Quebec, of its solidarity, of the trials it has overcome, and of its place in the world.
Keywords: Saguenay, mémoire collective, pageants, communauté, résilience, Saguenay, collective memory, pageants, community, resilience
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The textual contents of the first two editions of St.John's businessman Doyle's widely distributed booklets are examined. The focus is upon their relation to political and social ideas and events. In each edition, Doyle printed songs from Newfoundland's past as a commentary on its present, choosing those which best represented his own perspective. Today a significant number of these songs are still recognized as central to the canon of Newfoundland folksong.