"As she should be"
Subtitle: codes of conduct in early Canadian Women's Writing
By: Michelle Gadpaille
Series: Anglistische Forschungen -- Bd. 393; Anglistische Forschungen -- Heft 393.
Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Heidelberg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9783825355562
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Woman as she should be; or, Agnes Wiltshire; title: 1. Conduct books and the discourse of the lady; title: 2. Improper reading, proper conduct; title: 3. Conduct in action: Grace Morley; title: 4. The pattern heroines: Antoinette de Mirecourt and The Cromaboo Mail Carrier; title: 5. Subversive conduct: Alice Sydenham; title: 6. Challenging conduct: new women and newer girls; title: 7. Conclusion: excluding conduct from the canon.