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Author Epperly, Elizabeth R

Title The fragrance of sweet-grass : L.M. Montgomery's heroines and the pursuit of romance / Elizabeth Rollins Epperly with a new preference
Published Toronto, ON : University of Toronto Press, 2014

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Description 1 online resource (322 pages)
Contents Cover -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE TO THE 2014 EDITION -- PERMISSIONS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS -- Introduction -- PART I: ANNE -- Romancing the Voice: Anne of Green Gables -- Romance Awry: Anne of Avonlea -- Recognition: Anne of the Island -- 'This Enchanted Shore': Anne's House of Dreams -- Heroism's Childhood: Rainbow Valley -- Womanhood and War: Rilla of lngleside -- Recapturing the Anne World: Anne of Windy Poplars and Anne of lngleside -- PART II: EMILY -- The Struggle for Voice: Emily of New Moon -- Testing the Voice: Emily Climbs
Love and Career: Emily's QuestPART III: THE OTHER HEROINES -- Romancing the Home: Pat of Silver Bush, Mistress Pat, Jane of Lantern Hill -- A Changing Heroism: An Overview of the Other Novels -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- WORKS CITED -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W
Summary Annotation When it originally appeared, Elizabeth Rollins Epperly's The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass was one of the first challenges to the idea that L.M. Montgomery's books were unworthy of serious study. Examining all of Montgomery's fiction, Epperly argues that Montgomery was much more than a master of the romance genre and that, through her use of literary allusions, repetitions, irony, and comic inversions, she deftly manipulated the normal conventions of romance novels. Focusing on Montgomery's memorable heroines, from Anne Shirley to Emily Byrd Starr, Valancy Stirling, and Pat Gardiner, Epperly demonstrates that Montgomery deserves a place in the literary canon not just as the creator of Anne of Green Gables but as an artist in her chosen profession. Since its publication more than twenty years ago, The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass has become a favourite of scholars, writers, and Montgomery fans. This new edition adds a preface in which Epperly discusses the book's contribution to the ongoing research on the life and writing of L.M. Montgomery, reflects on how Montgomery studies have flourished over the past two decades, and suggests new ways to approach and explore the Canadian writer's work
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942 -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942 fast
Subject City and town life -- Fiction
LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Canadian.
City and town life
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Fiction
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442619388
1442619384