Selected Stories of Isabella Valancy Crawford
- Publisher
- University of Ottawa Press
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1975
- Subjects
- Canadian
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780776628387
- Publish Date
- Jan 1975
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Description
Known primarily as a poet, Isabella Valancy Crawford's short stories represent the best of early English-Canadian prose. In her stories, as in her poetry, her power lies in her use of imagery. In this collection her fictional portrayals of Canadian life give us glimpses into our literary past.
About the authors
Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887) was born in Dublin in 1850 and came with her family to Ontario as a small child. After some years in Peterborough she moved to Toronto and endeavoured to make a living by contributing poetry and prose to leading English, American, and Canadian journals. She died in Toronto in 1887.
Isabella Valancy Crawford's profile page
Penny Petrone is retired from the Faculty of Education, Lakehead University. She is the editor of First People, First Voices, a collection of Native writing in English.