Wayne Fraser

The Dominion of Women

The Personal and the Political in Canadian Women's Literature

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Produktbeschreibung

Wayne Fraser's examination of the works of eighteen women writers in English Canada's history demonstrates how Canadian women's literature provides rich insight into the social and political development of the country. Fraser approaches the subject as a literary critic, arguing that these narratives were constructed within a certain social and political framework that resulted in a body of literature whose themes focus on the relationship of the individual to the larger community, an essentially feminine orientation. The study, arranged chronologically from colonial times through the 1980s, parallels women's personal experiences with Canada's political development. In-depth analyses of works of such notables as Frances Brooke, Ethel Wilson, and Margaret Atwood support Fraser's contention that the literature, as a forum where women voiced their personal concerns regarding marriage, colonialism, independence, and feminism, reflects and comments on Canada's political identity as a country with a continuing commitment to compromise, cooperation, and international peace. A bibliography and general subject index complete this volume, which will furnish historians and critics of women's literature with a new understanding of the topic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Praeger
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Januar 1991
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 508g
• ISBN-13: 9780313267499
• ISBN-10: 0313267499
• Artikelnr.: 21060114

Autorenporträt

Wayne Fraser, PhD, presently teaches English full-time at Ridley College in St. Catharines, Ontario.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction "A Husbandman as Far as Theory Goes": The Distaff View
of Colonization "The Home Has Expanded Until It Has Become the Whole
State": Imperialism to Emancipation "Nothing and No One Could Complicate
Life Here": Isolationism in the Novels of Ethel Wilson "A Canadian Theme .
. . Just as Much a Personal Theme": Margaret Laurence, Canada and the 1960s
"To Refuse to Be a Victim": Anti-Americanism in the Early Novels of
Margaret Atwood "Still Fighting the Same Bloody Battles as Always": The
Diviners and Lady Oracle "Welcome to the 1980s!": A Conservative Conclusion
Bibliography Index