A Different Point of View: Sara Jeannette Duncan

by Misao Dean

Duncan always wrote from the perspective of someone on the margin of power. Her position on the most important social issues of her day -- feminism, imperialism, nationalism, and racism -- challenged the received wisdom of the period. In her novels, however, Duncan's personal point of view is presented as if it were the social norm. Dean shows that Duncan's use of irony and her seemingly ambivalent attitude toward realism were influenced by her colonial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773507922
• ISBN13: 9780773507920
• Release Date: December 1990
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"