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

• Autore: Dagg Anne Innis
• Pubblicazione: Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2001
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Disciplina: 818.08
• Soggetto topico: Women authors, Canadian; Canadian prose literature - Women authors
• Soggetto geografico: Canada Bio-bibliography
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Feminine Gaze
• ISBN: 1-280-92534-5; 9786610925346; 0-88920-845-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910157817503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II