Duncan always wrote from the perspective of someone on the margin of power. Her position on the most important social issues of her day -- feminism, imperialism, nationalism, and racism -- challenged the received wisdom of the period. In her novels, however, Duncan's personal point of view is presented as if it were the social norm. Dean shows that Duncan's use of irony and her seemingly ambivalent attitude toward realism were influenced by her colonial perspective. In placing Duncan's work in the intellectual context of her Canadian, English, and American contemporaries, Dean displays considerable knowledge of the period she examines. In A Different Point of View -- a critical study of almost all Duncan's published and unpublished works: fiction, journalism, and plays -- Dean presents a new interpretation of Duncan, emphasizing the importance of her feminism and Canadian nationality in the creation of her fictional point of view.
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- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-187) and index
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- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 813/.4
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 20
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0773507922 9780773562653
- LCCN
- PR9199.2.C68
- LCCN Item number
- Z58 1991eb
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- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (191 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
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- CaOOCEL
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- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)jme00326347 (OCoLC)243576695 (CaOOCEL)400579
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
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Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Acknowledgments 8
- Abbreviations 10
- 1 A Different Point of View: The Colonial Perspective in Sara Jeannette Duncan's Novels 14
- 2 The Colonial Narrator and the Imperial Reader: Reaching "Just Conclusions upon Very Slight Data" 30
- 3 Idealism, Realism, and Literary Convention: "Truth of One Sort or Another" 52
- 4 Literary Feminism: The Woman Question and the Modern Heroine 69
- 5 Democracy and Monarchy: "The Development between the Two" 90
- 6 Nation and Empire: Growing Goldenrod in Simla 112
- 7 The First World War: Mending the Broken Teacup 131
- 8 Race: "On the Other Side of a Prejudice" 149
- 9 A "Colonial Edition" 165
- Appendix: Anglo-Indian Terms 170
- Notes 174
- Bibliography 190
- Index 200
- A 200
- B 200
- C 200
- D 200
- E 201
- F 201
- G 201
- H 201
- I 201
- J 201
- K 201
- L 201
- M 202
- N 202
- O 202
- P 202
- R 202
- S 202
- U 202
- V 202
- W 202
- Y 202
