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An Odd Attempt in a Woman

The Literary Life of Frances Brooke

by (author) Lorraine McMullen

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1983
Category
General, Women, Literary
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774801904
    Publish Date
    Jan 1983
    List Price
    $44.00

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Description

Frances Brooke, the author of Canada's first novel, The History of Emily Montague, was an eighteenth-century English essayist, novelist, and playwright. Although she spent most of her life in London, her sojourn in Quebec inspired her to write a novel with a Canadian setting, which earned her a firm place in Canadian literary history. In describing Frances Brooke and her work, Lorraine McMullen conveys a vivid picture of a woman of spirit and determination as well as talent. She also recreates the brilliant world of eighteenth-century London in which Brooke moved.

About the author

Lorraine McMullen is professor emeritus in the Department of English at the University of Ottawa and adjunct professor at the University of Victoria. She is co-editor of a three-volume anthology of short stories written by Canadian women: Pioneering Women: Beginnings to 1880; Aspiring Women: 1880-1900 and New Women: 1900-1920 (UOP: 1993, 1993 and 1991) and co-author of Silenced Sextet: Six Nineteenth-Century Canadian Women Novelists (1993).

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Editorial Reviews

A fascinating picture of a woman writer in the context of her time and place.

Quill and Quire