The Pioneer Woman: A Canadian Character Type

by Elizabeth Thompson

Elizabeth Thompson develops the idea of the pioneer woman as an archetypal character firmly entrenched in Canadian fiction and the Canadian consciousness. Thompson's broad definition of the concept of pioneer can be seen to reflect the history of Canadian women, starting with the pioneers of settlement and continuing through the pioneers of spiritual perfection and psychological liberation. Various versions of the pioneer woman have appeared in English-Canadian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773508325
• ISBN13: 9780773508323
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"