| Description |
1 online resource (335 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Summary |
Quebec women's struggle for self and portrayal of their society in autobiographies, letters, and private diaries. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A place for the spirit : Canada as dream and reality in the autobiographical writings of the women of New France -- Writing the annihilation of self : Marie de l'Incarnation -- Writing "to tell you I'm here" : the correspondence of Élisabeth Bégon -- One is not born a mother, one becomes one : Julie Papineau's journey -- Girls' diaries : steps towards an autonomous self -- Two nineteenth-century rebels : Henriette Dessaulles and Joséphine Marchand -- Diaries of "queens of the hearth" -- Claire Martin : the courage of the autobiographical "I" -- Growing up poor in Montreal (1930-1960) : Lise Payette, France Théoret, Denise Bombardier, Marcelle Brisson, and Adèle Lauzon -- Giving birth to oneself in writing : the struggle with the mother -- Trapped in the image : Nelly Arcan's autofictions. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
French-Canadian literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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French-Canadian literature -- Women authors. |
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French-Canadian diaries -- Québec (Province) -- History and criticism.
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French-Canadian diaries. |
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Intimacy (Psychology) in literature.
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Intimacy (Psychology) in literature. |
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Canadian literature (French) -- Women authors -- History and criticism. |
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Canadian diaries (French) -- Qu?ebec (Province) -- History and criticism. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Smart, Patricia, 1940- Writing herself into being. Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2017 0773551190 9780773551190 (OCoLC)985674398 |
| ISBN |
9780773552654 (electronic book) |
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0773552650 (electronic book) |
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9780773552661 (electronic book) |
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0773552669 (electronic book) |
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9780773551183 |
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9780773551190 |
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0773551190 |
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0773551182 |
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