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001 2012030267
003 DLC
005 20130719085446.0
008 120814s2012 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012030267
020 $a9780773429048 (hardcover)
020 $a0773429042 (hardcover)
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050 00 $aPR9188$b.L4 2012
082 00 $a810.9/92870971$223
100 1 $aLe Jeune, Françoise,$d1967-
245 10 $aHow Canada is described in the writings of nineteenth-century Canadian women :$bthe feminine experience in the margins of the British Empire /$cFrançoise Le Jeune ; with a foreword by Charlotte Sturgess.
260 $aLewiston :$bEdwin Mellen Press,$cc2012.
300 $aiv, 559 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 533-553) and index.
505 0 $aThrough women's eyes, Canada in the margins of America (1821 -1836) -- Frances Wright's views of society and manners in America -- "A woman's pen alone..." Catharine Parr Traill's The backwoods of Canada (1837) -- Women's Canadian narratives: in the margins of the publishing world -- Anna Brownell Jameson's Winter studies and summer rambles in Canada - with A woman's "soul and senses" (1838) -- "The empire writes back..." - Susanna Moodie -- Roughing it in the bush or Life in Canada (1852-1854) -- The "Moodie effect" on imperial counter-narratives (1858-1867).
650 0 $aCanadian literature$xWomen authors$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWomen$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century.
650 0 $aWomen pioneers$zCanada$xHistory$y19th century.
651 0 $aCanada$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aCanada$xSocial life and customs$y19th century.