The Gloomy Prospect
Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism
| Author: | Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington, Mary Barbara Fisher | ISBN: | 9781459734647 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn | Publication: | October 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Dundurn | Language: | English |
| Author: | Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington, Mary Barbara Fisher |
| ISBN: | 9781459734647 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn |
| Publication: | October 18, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Dundurn |
| Language: | English |
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador. A Loyalist wife and mother describes the first hard weather in New Brunswick, a seasick nun tells of a dangerous voyage out from France, a famous children’s writer writes home about the fun of canoeing, and a German general’s wife describes habitant customs. All demonstrate how women’s experiences not only shared, but helped shape this new country.
This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman’s wife in Labrador. A Loyalist wife and mother describes the first hard weather in New Brunswick, a seasick nun tells of a dangerous voyage out from France, a famous children’s writer writes home about the fun of canoeing, and a German general’s wife describes habitant customs. All demonstrate how women’s experiences not only shared, but helped shape this new country.
