Life’s Prose: Literary Sketches

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• In the nineteenth century, sketches describing the “prose of life” – humorous or tragic incidents, life in the backwoods, travels, hunting, fishing and unique places or characters – frequently appeared in Canadian magazines. Like other forms of Canadian documentary writing, the sketch seemed to fill a need to record imaginatively different aspects of life in Canada. This volume brings to light examples of this important genre, include previously uncollected pieces by such well-known writers as Archibald Lampman, Sara Jeannette Duncan, and Catharine Parr Traill.

• Published: January 1981

  ISBN: 9780920802274

  Dimensions: 6 x 9 in.

  Pages: 261

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