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Record Nr.

UNINA9910157817503321

Autore

Dagg Anne Innis

Titolo

The feminine gaze : a Canadian compendium of non-fiction women authors and their books, 1836-1945 / / Anne Innis Dagg

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001

ISBN

9786610925346

9781280925344

1280925345

9780889208452

088920845X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Disciplina

818.08

Soggetti

Women authors, Canadian

Canadian prose literature - Women authors

Canada Bio-bibliography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 333-335) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Foreword; Introduction; The Feminine Gaze; Appendix A: Authors Who Received Honorary Degrees from Canadian Universities; Appendix B: Authors Who Were Scholars and Medical Workers; Appendix C: Publishing and Support of Authors; General Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Many Canadian women fiction writers have become justifiably famous. But what about women who have written non-fiction?     When Anne Innis Dagg set out on a personal quest to make such non-fiction authors better known, she expected to find just a few dozen. To her delight, she unearthed 473 writers who have produced over 674 books.     These women describe not only their country and its inhabitants, but a remarkable variety of other subjects: from the story of transportation to the legacy of Canadian missionary activity around the world. While most of the writers lived in what is