Ah, Hope! what would life be, stripped of thy encouraging smiles, that teach us to look behind the dark clouds of to-day, for the golden beams that are to gild the...
Susanna Moodie (1803-1885), a Canadian poet, novelist, and essayist, is chiefly remembered for her classic account of the lives of early settlers in what is now the province of Ontario: "Roughing It in the Bush." Susanna Strickland was born in Bungay,...
Susanna Moodie's importance in Canadian literary history derives partly from her prominence as a contributor to the Literary Garland, the most successful literary periodical in the British North American provinces in the mid nineteenth century, but...
Charlotte Gray. Toronto: Penguin Books, 1999. 379 pp. CDN $18.99 (pb). This double biography is a highly readable and refreshing account of the challenges and choices facing the two women whose names virtually define nineteenth century Canadian literature and its relationship with the...
I. Toward a Literary Connection The study of authorship, literary culture, and publishing conditions in Upper Canada is illuminated by the brief convergence of two English-born writers, Susanna Moodie (1803-1885) and Charles Fothergill (1782-1840), from late December 1837 until the summer of 1839....
In the following essay, Fowler presents Roughing It in the Bush as a blend of fact and fiction that borrows heavily from the conventions of the sentimental novel.
In the following essay, Rukavina considers the publication history of Roughing It in the Bush, including motive for author and publisher and the process of revision for later editions.
