Title: L. M. Montgomery and Canadian culture
Description: Despite the enormous popularity of her books, particularly Anne of Green Gables, L. M. Montgomery's role in the development of Canada's national culture is not often discussed by literary historians.

That scholars have not mined the 'Canadianness' of Montgomery's writing is redressed by this collection. It is the first systematic effort to investigate and explore Montgomery's active engagement with Canadian nationalism and identity, including regionalism, canon formation, and Canadian-American cultural relations.

It examines her work in relation to the many dramatic changes of her day, such as the women's movement and the advent of new technologies; and it looks at the national and international consumption of Anne of Green Gables, in the form of both 'high' culture and cultural tourism.
Subjects: Canada, Nationalism in literature, Knowledge, Literature and society, National characteristics, Canadian, in literature, Women and literature, In literature, 20th century, History, Criticism and interpretation, Canadian Women novelists, Montgomery, l. m. (lucy maud), 1874-1942, Canada, social life and customs
Places: Canada
People: L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942 Montgomery
Time periods: 20th century