Literature as Pulpit: The Christian Social Activism of Nellie L. McClung

by Randi R. Warne

Nellie L. McClung (1873-1951) was an internationally celebrated feminist and social activist whose success as a platform speaker was legendary. Her earliest notoriety was achieved as a writer, and during her lengthy career she authored four novels, two novellas, three collections of short stories, a two-volume autobiography and various collections of speeches, articles and wartime writing, to a total of sixteen volumes. All this served as a "pulpit"...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889202354
• ISBN13: 9780889202351
• Release Date: November 1993
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 236 Pages