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1 online resource (296 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part A: Contexts: Women And Print In Canada, To 1918; Part B: Women Writers At Work; Part C: Breaking New Ground After 1875; Conclusion: Observations on the Canon; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
Canadian Women in Print, 1750-1918 is the first historical examination of women? engagement with multiple aspects of print over some two hundred years, from the settlers who wrote diaries and letters to the New Women who argued for ballots and equal rights. Considering women? published writing as an intervention in the public sphere of national and material print culture, this book uses approaches from book history to address the working and living conditions of women who wrote in many genres and for many reasons. This study situates English Canadian authors within an extensive framework th. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Canadian literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Canadian literature -- Women authors. |
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Women and literature -- Canada -- History.
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Women and literature. |
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Canada. |
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History. |
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Women authors, Canadian.
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Women authors, Canadian. |
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Literature.
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Literature. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Print version: Gerson, Carole. Canadian Women in Print, 1750-1918. Waterloo : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2011 9781554582204 |
| ISBN |
9781554582396 (electronic book) |
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1554582393 (electronic book) |
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