Description |
1 online resource (iv, 559 pages) |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Through 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 -- 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" -- "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). |
Summary |
In the years during the colonization of Canada there were travel books which were sold in England. Le Jeune studies the ways these descriptive texts created a series of surveys that assessed the worth of Canada and describe life on the frontier while it was being settled. In particular, this book focuses on how women are depicted and what roles they played in 19th century life. More importantly these travel logs allowed for new representations of women to trickle back to England, causing a re-imagining of what a stereotypical Canadian woman should be. Victorian values also permeated the texts, |
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 -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
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Women. |
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Canada. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
19th century |
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Women pioneers -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
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Women pioneers. |
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Canada -- Description and travel.
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Canada -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
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Manners and customs. |
Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Subject |
Women. |
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Womyn. |
Other Form: |
Print version: Le Jeune, Françoise, 1967- How Canada is described in the writings of nineteenth-century Canadian women. Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, ©2012 9780773429048 (DLC) 2012030267 (OCoLC)806291781 |
ISBN |
9780773421769 (electronic book) |
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0773421769 (electronic book) |
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9780773429048 |
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0773429042 |
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