The History of Emily Montague

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1985 - 459 sivua
Frequently called the first Canadian novel, The History of Emily Montague, presents subversive views on traditional subjects like love and marriage and introduces such unique Canadian themes as the relationships between the Québecois and their British conquerors and the customs and habits of the native peoples.

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Abbreviations
ix
Editors Introduction
xvii
The History of Emily Montague 1
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Explanatory Notes
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Bibliographical Description of
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Other Published Versions of the Text
447
Lineend Hyphenated Compounds in Copytext
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Frances Brooke was a novelist, dramatist, and translator. She was born Frances Moore in England in 1724. Brooke moved to Quebec when her husband became the military chaplain to the British garrison there. Her life in Quebec was the basis for The History of Emily Montague. Brooke used a series of letters from Canada to England to describe the inhabitants, customs, and way of living in the Canadian wilderness to her readers in England. Brooke died in 1789.

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OtsikkoThe History of Emily Montague
Nide 1 / Centre for Editing Early Canadian Texts series
KirjoittajaFrances Brooke
ToimittajaMary Jane Edwards
Painosuusintapainos
KustantajaMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1985
ISBN0886290279, 9780886290276
Pituus459 sivua
  
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