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Re(dis)covering Our Foremothers: Nineteenth-Century Canadian Women's Writers
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The modern literary searchlight has flushed out Canada’s long neglected nineteenth century female writers. New critical approaches are advocated and others are encouraged to take on the difficulties – and rewards – of research into the lives of our foremothers.
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