Widowhood

Early Voices — Portraits of Canada by Women Writers, 1639–1914

Mary Alice Downie, Barbara Robertson, Elizabeth Jane Errington, Margaret Dickie Michener

• Éditeur: Dundurn Press
• Année: 2015
• ISBN:
  9781459734678
• Sujet: Literatura
• Sous-sujet: Colecciones literarias norteamericanas

This selection of writings by twenty-nine women, known and unknown, professional and amateur, presents a unique portrait of Canada through time and space, from the seventeenth to the early twentieth centuries, from the Maritimes to British Columbia and the Far North. There is a range of voices from high-born wives of governors general, to an Icelandic immigrant and a fisherman's wife in Labrador. A Loyalist wife and mother describes the first hard weather in New Brunswick, a seasick nun tells of a dangerous voyage out from France, a famous children's writer writes home about the fun of canoeing, and a German general's wife describes habitant customs. All demonstrate how women's experiences not only shared, but helped shape this new country.