Canadian writer and journalist Lily Lewis is not a household name. In fact, she never was. The work Lewis is best known for - "Montreal Letter," a popular column which appeared in the Toronto newspaper The Week in the late 1880s - was written under the pseudonym Louis Lloyd. In 1888, Lewis and fellow writer Sara Jeannette Duncan embarked on a journey around the world, sending articles about their travels back to their respective newspapers, The Week and the Montreal Daily Star. Lewis became immortalized as a character in Duncan's fictionalized account of their journey, but as a writer she has been almost entirely forgotten to history.
Though Lewis continued to publish a variety of work up until 1912, her writing prior to and following her world tour has received no critical attention, and almost nothing has been known about her personal life. Peggy Martin's painstaking research has brought new details to light. She examines Lewis's work in the context of Canadian travel writing and journalism at the turn of the century and discusses her use of the sketch as her preferred literary form. Part critical study, part biography, part edited collection, this volume provides new insight into feminist expression in the nineteenth century and reclaims Lily Lewis's place in Canadian literary history.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- C818/.409
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- With a selection of sketches by Lily Lewis Rood edited by Peggy Martin Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 1552381900 9781552383872
- LCCN
- PN4913.L48
- LCCN Item number
- M37 2006eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 284 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00200934 (OCoLC)243586976 (CaOOCEL)406784
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Title Page 3
- Bibliographic Information 4
- Dedication 5
- Table of Contents 7
- Foreword 9
- Acknowledgements 11
- Part one: Introduction recovering Lily Lewis 13
- Notes to Part One 35
- Part Two: Reading Lily Lewis a biocritical study 37
- L.L 39
- A Tour of Switzerland and Italy 47
- Paris Correspondent 40
- Louis Lloyd 61
- Montreal Correspondent 62
- Around the World 71
- A Summer in Paris 95
- Parisian Personalities 98
- Lily Lewis Rood 101
- Conclusion: Sketching a Woman's Life 122
- Notes to Part Two 125
- Part Three a Selection of Sketches by Lily Lewis Rood 131
- Introduction: Principles of Selection 132
- Notes to Part Three 257
- Sketches 137
- L.L 139
- Our Paris Letter 140
- Letters From Italy 151
- Louis Lloyd 159
- Montreal Letter 160
- Around the World By Ourselves 169
- Parisian Topics 224
- Parisian Personalities 233
- Lily Lewis Rood 239
- Prose Poems 240
- Pierre Puvis de Chavannes: A Sketch 243
- Appendix A 261
- Appendix B 263
- Bibliography 273
- Index 281
- Back Cover 301
