num_pages: 160
description: French-Canadian novels began as a marginal offshoot of French metropolitan writing and are now read and studied not only in English Canada but around the world. This study covers the genre and its main authors from the beginnings in 1837 to the rapid development of feminist writings in the last two decades. Discussion concentrates on fiction available in English translation.
language: English
title: French Canadian & Québécois Novels
titlecomplete: French Canadian & Québécois Novels (Perspectives on Canadian Culture)
publisher: Oxford University Press