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list price: $44.00
edition:Hardcover
category: Literary Criticism
published: Jan 1983
ISBN:9780774801904
publisher:
UBC Press
Description
Frances Brooke, the author of Canada's first novel, The History of Emily Montague, was an eighteenth-century English essayist, novelist, and playwright. Although she spent most of her life in London, her sojourn in Quebec inspired her to write a novel with a Canadian setting, which earned her a firm place in Canadian literary history. In describing Frances Brooke and her work, Lorraine McMullen conveys a vivid picture of a woman of spirit and determination as well as talent. She also recreates the brilliant world of eighteenth-century London in which Brooke moved.
Contributor Notes
Lorraine McMullen is a professor of English at the University of Ottawa.
Editorial Review
A fascinating picture of a woman writer in the context of her time and place.
— Quill and Quire
Out of print
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