Divided Highways

The road trip genre, well established in the literatures ofCanada, is a natural outcome of the nation’s obsession with geography. Divided Highways examines roadnarratives by Anglo-Canadian, Québécois and Indigenous authors and the sense ofplace and nationhood in these communities. Geography describes the land, and history peoples it, justas memories connect us to place. This is why road trips are such a feature ofwriting in Canada, allowing the travellers to claim, at least symbolically, theterr