Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada 3 Volume Paperback Set
Published on 3. November 2011
Book
1046 pages
978-1-108-03357-2 (ISBN)
Description
Anna Jameson (1794-1860) was an inspirational figure to a generation of young women writers and artists including Barbara Bodichon and Bessie Rayner Parkes. Her work was reviewed by leading figures such as Mary Shelley and Charles Kingsley, and even Thomas Carlyle, though less complimentary, referred to her as the 'celebrated Mrs Jamieson'. This book, first published in 1838, secured her growing reputation as a writer of history, literary criticism and travel literature, and has been popular ever since. Inspired by a journey made to support the career of her estranged husband, one of its key themes is the condition of women, which recurs regularly in Jameson's writing. Her three-volume account of the Great Lakes region records her impressions of the weather, landscape, society and indigenous peoples, and includes literary reflections, particularly on the German Romantics. For more information on this author, see http://orlando.cambridge.org/public/svPeople?person_id=jamean
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 60 mm
Weight
1390 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-108-03357-2 (9781108033572)
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Content
Volume 1: Toronto; A winter journey; Winter visits; Sleighing; Visit of Indians; Winter miseries; Clergy reserves; The tragedy of Correggio; German actresses; Sleigh-journey; Niagara in winter; Trees in Canada; Society in Toronto; Politics and parties; Fire at Toronto; A true story; Goethe's Tasso, Iphigenia, and Clavigo; A soldier of fortune; Music and musicians; Constitution of Upper Canada; Prorogation of the House of Assembly; Acts of the Legislature in 1837; On the female character; Goethe and Ekermann; Goethe's last love; Goethe's table talk; His ideas on the position of women; Criminal calendar of Toronto; Grillparzer's Sappho and Medea; Lake Ontario; Return of Spring; Village of the Credit; Erindale. Volume 2: The return of summer; Sternberg's novels; Detached thoughts; Mrs. MacMurray; Niagara in summer; Story of a slave; The rapids; Schiller's Don Carlos; A dream; The Niagara district; Buffalo; Canadian stage coaches; The emigrant; Town of Hamilton; Town of Brandtford; Forest scenery; Roads in Canada; Blandford; A forest chateau; The pine woods; Miss Martineau; Town of London; Women in Canada; The Talbot country; Story of an emigrant boy; Some account of Colonel Talbot; Journey to Chatham; The Post Office in Canada; The Moravian Delawares; Anecdote of an Indian; Voyage across Lake St. Clair; The American emigrants; Detroit; War of Pontiac; Contrast between the Canadian and the American shores; Churches at Detroit. Volume 3: River St. Clair; Mackinaw; The Indians; Missions; Chippewa language; Mishosha; Religious opinions; Indian dance; Night on Lake Huron; Indian warfare; Manitoolin Island; Indian women; Canoe voyage; Penetanguishene.