Work of Words: The Writing of Susanna Strickland Moodie 9780773565302

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
1 Between Establishment and Dissent: Susanna Strickland's Youth 1803-32
2 Writing as Resolution: Literary Production 1822-30
3 Literary Affiliation and Religious Crisis: Literary Production 1830-32
4 Emigration / Immigration: The Moodies and Upper Canada 1832-55
5 The Ideal and the Real: Literary Production 1832-52
6 Truths and Opinions: Literary Production 1852-55
7 Roughing It in the Bush: A Case Study in Colonial Contradictions
8 Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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