The Work of Words
The Writing of Susanna Strickland Moodie
John Thurston(Author)
McGill-Queen's University Press
Will be published approx. on 1. May 1996
Book
Hardback
280 pages
978-0-7735-1287-0 (ISBN)
Description
John Thurston considers the whole of Moodie's literary output, including her poems, short fiction, novels, and non-fiction, beginning with her youthful writing in England and culminating in an extensive analysis of her best-known work, Roughing It in the Bush. He establishes the biographical foundations of her writing, using recently discovered correspondence, and describes the historical issues and events that shaped her life and writing. Through current historicist and feminist literary criticism, Thurston achieves new insights into Moodie's writing. Locating tensions of class, gender, and race within her work, he places Moodie in both the established tradition of nineteenth-century British women writers and the less-familiar tradition of North American class conflict.
Reviews / Votes
"A valuable book of very high quality ... It will be of great value to scholars in Canadian literature and women's studies." David Bentley, English, University of Western Ontario.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
580 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-1287-0 (9780773512870)
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