ENG252Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Susanna Moodie, Canadian Literature, Picturesque
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Parr traill the backwoods of canada: letters from the wife of an emigrant officer, illustrative of the domestic economy of. North america (1836) / susanna moodie roughing it in the bush, or life in canada (1852) Canada is the land of hope; here everything is new; every thing going forward . 200 trail"s positive view on the future/ hopeful. You are not tempted by the pleasures of a gay world to forget your duties as a mother; there is nothing to supplant him in your heart 202 role as a mother. Moodie: warning; ambivalent, sombre tone; excuse the melancholy narration its just because she is writing as she is feeling things. The variety and the actuality of the middle-class women: function of the generic conventions. Took on the form of guide books; aim to encourage settlers to come to canada. Both addressed to female settlers and the challenges they were facing.
