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UNINA9910155156503321 |
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Autore |
Van der Mark Christine <1917-1970, > |
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In Due Season / / Christine van der Mark |
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Waterloo, Ontario : , : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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9781771120739 |
1771120738 |
9781771120722 |
177112072X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (367 pages) |
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Collana |
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Early Canadian literature |
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Soggetti |
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LITERARY CRITICISM / General |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- In Due Season -- Chapter I -- Chapter II -- Chapter III -- Chapter IV -- Chapter V -- Chapter VI -- Chapter VII -- Chapter VIII -- Chapter IX -- Chapter X -- Chapter XI -- Chapter XII -- Chapter XIII -- Chapter XIV -- Chapter XV -- Chapter XVI -- Chapter XVII -- Chapter XVIII -- Chapter XIX -- Chapter XX -- Chapter XXI -- Chapter XXII -- Chapter XXIII -- Chapter XXIV -- Chapter XXV -- Chapter XXVI -- Chapter XXVII -- Chapter XXVIII -- Afterword -- Books in the Early Canadian Literature Series |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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First published in 1947, In Due Season broke new ground with its fictional representation of women and of Indigenous people. Set during the dustbowl 1930s, this tersely narrated prize-winning novel follows Lina Ashley, a determined solo female homesteader who takes her family from drought-ridden southern Alberta to a new life in the Peace River region. Here her daughter Poppy grows up in a community characterized by harmonious interactions between the local Métis and newly arrived European settlers. Still, there is tension between mother and daughter when Poppy becomes involved with a Métis lover. This novel expands the patriarchal canon of Canadian prairie fiction by depicting the agency of a successful female settler and, as noted by |
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