Stories subversive
Subtitle: through the field with gloves off : short fiction
By: by Nellie L. McClung ; edited and with an introduction by Marilyn I. Davis.
Contributors: Davis, Marilyn I., 1930-
Series: Canadian short story library ;; no. 20
Publisher: University of Ottawa Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Ottawa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Description: First-wave feminist, activist and social reformer, Nellie McClung ranked as one of the most popular Canadian authors and among the liveliest critics of Canada's male-dominated society of the early 1900s. Well ahead of her time, McClung was known as a writer who dared to discuss taboo topics, and for her inimitable humour which rivals that of Stephen Leacock, Canada's best-known humourist.

This selection of her best short fiction includes depictions of difficult rural living conditions in Western Canada as well as "consciousness-raising" stories reflecting the undue restrictions on women and the anti-female laws and attitudes of the day. While most were published in U.S. and Canadian magazines between 1906 and 1931, a few of these stories appear here for the first time.

In addition, a detailed introduction discusses McClung's life and analyses the themes and stylistic touches of each of the stories making up this unique anthology.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-34).
Table of contents: title: The live wire; title: Babette; title: The way of the West; title: The return ticket; title: The runaway grandmother; title: You never can tell; title: The elusive vote; title: Red and white; title: Banking in London; title: The neutral fuse; title: Carried forward; title: The grim fact of sisterhood; title: O, Canada!