Isabella Valancy Crawford's short stories represent the best of early English-Canadian prose. In her stories as in her poetry, her power lies in her use of imagery.
In this collection, her fictional portrayals of Canadian life give us glimpses into our literary past. This collection includes the following works by Valancy Crawford: A Five-O'Clock Tea; How the Nightingale and the Parrot Wooed the Rose; La Tricoteuse; The Halton Boys; Tudor Tramp; In the Breast of a Maple; Extradited; The Grasshopper Paper (an article). It also includes an introduction, a chapter about the author, and a selected bibliography.
Price: $14.95
Pages: 90
Publisher: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
Imprint: University of Ottawa Press
Series: Canadian Short Story Library
Publication Date:
03 September 2024
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.00 in
ISBN: 9780776644189
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
FICTION / Short Stories (single author), Short stories, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, FICTION / Classics, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Narrative theme: Social issues, Classic fiction: general and literary
Isabella Valancy Crawford (25 December 1846 – 12 February 1887) was an Irish-born Canadian writer and poet. She was one of the first Canadians to make a living as a freelance writer. She is known primarily as a poet, but during her lifetime she was equally well-known as a writer of prose fiction. She was a regular contributor to Frank Leslie's New York publications. In 1886 she became the first local writer to have a novel, A Little Bacchante, realized by The Globe of Toronto.
