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- Stories Subversive: Through the Field with Gloves Off: Short Fiction by Nellie L. McClung
- Book
- 1997
- Published by: University of Ottawa Press
- Series: Canadian Short Story Library
summary
First-wave feminist, activist, and social reformer, Nellie McClung ranked as one of the most popular Canadian authors and among the liveliest critics of Canada's male-dominated society. Well ahead of her time, McClung was known as a writer who dared to discuss taboo topics, and for her inimitable humour, which rivals that of Stephen Leacock. This selection of her best short fiction includes depictions of difficult rural living conditions in Western Canada as well as "consciousness-raising" stories reflecting the undue restrictions on women and the anti-female laws and attitudes of her day.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-34
- The Live Wire
- pp. 35-48
- The Way of the West
- pp. 54-63
- The Return Ticket
- pp. 64-70
- The Runaway Grandmother
- pp. 71-81
- You Never Can Tell
- pp. 82-92
- Red and White
- pp. 106-144
- Banking in London
- pp. 145-151
- The Neutral Fuse
- pp. 152-174
- Carried Forward
- pp. 175-216
- The Grim Fact of Sisterhood
- pp. 217-221
- O, Canada!
- pp. 222-227
Additional Information
ISBN
9780776616957
Related ISBN(s)
9780776604244
DOI
MARC Record
OCLC
181843507
Pages
227
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No