THE IMPERIALIST, A Novel by Sara Jeannette Duncan, Edited by Misao Dean (2005 1st Ed.)

Author: Sara Jeannette Duncan, Edited by Misao Dean. Published by Broadview Editions, 2005, 1st Broadview Edition, (Originally published in 1904). Printed in Canada. Like New Condition SOFTCOVER Book. Clean inside, tight spine. Size: 8.5 x 5.5 inch, 356 pages.  

THE IMPERIALIST, is set in the fictional Ontario town of Elgin at the beginning of the twentieth century, this 1904 novel was in its own time addressed largely to British readers, and has since become a Canadian classic, beloved for its ironic and dryly humorous portrait of small-town life.

But The Imperialist is also a fascinating representation of race, gender, and nationalism in Britain’s “settler colonies.” This Broadview edition provides a wealth of contextual material invaluable to understanding the novel’s historical context, and particularly the debate, central to the story, over Edwardian Canada’s role in the British Empire.

This edition includes a critical introduction and, in the appendices, excerpts from Sara Jeannette Duncan’s journalism and autobiographical sketches (including an essay on “North American Indians”), speeches by Canadian and British politicians, political cartoons, and recipes for the dishes served at the novel’s social gatherings. Contemporary reviews of the novel from British, Canadian, and American periodicals are also included.

For more info on this Author, please see: Sara Jeannette Duncan | The Canadian Encyclopedia

ISBN: 9781551115409  

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