{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"29 - Frances Brooke: She Who Wrote the First Canadian Novel!","description":"In which we flash back to 1769 for a one-and-done-episode on 'The History of Emily Montague', a book often considered to be the very first Canadian novel - and it was written by a woman! How's that for being radical? We talk about 18th century feminism, the author's politics, what the book tells us about Canada at the time, and of course, whether this can be called a first in Canada!  Images that we compared:  https:\/\/historiacanadiana.wordpress.com\/2021\/02\/06\/episode-29-extra-comparing-portraits-of-women-writers\/  --- Further Reading:  Brooke, Frances. The History of Emily Montague, London: J. Dodsley, 1769. https:\/\/digital.library.upenn.edu\/women\/brooke\/emily\/emily.html Edwards, Mary Jane. Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague: A Biographical Context,&quot; English Studies in Canada 7, no. 2 (Summer 1981): 171-82. https:\/\/muse.jhu.edu\/article\/693761\/pdf Howells, Robin. &quot;Dialogism in Canada's First Novel: The History of Emily Montague,&quot; Canadian Review of Comparative Literature 20 (1993): 437-50.  https:\/\/journals.library.ualberta.ca\/crcl\/index.php\/crcl\/article\/view\/3209 McMullen, Lorraine. \u201cDouble image: Frances Brooke's Women Characters\u201d, Journal of Postcolonial Writing, 21:2, 1982, pp. 356-363. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/17449858208588735 Robert, James Merrett, \u201cThe Politics of Romance in The History of Emily Montague,\u201d Canadian Literature, no. 133, 1992, pp. 92-108. https:\/\/canlit.ca\/full-issue\/?issue=133 New, W. H. \u201cFrances Brooke\u2019s Chequered Gardens,\u201d Canadian Literature, no. 52, 1972, pp. 24-38. https:\/\/canlit.ca\/full-issue\/?issue=52 Pacey, Desmond. \u201cThe First Canadian Novel,\u201d The Dalhousie Review XXVI, pp. 143-150. https:\/\/dalspace.library.dal.ca\/bitstream\/handle\/10222\/57817\/dalrev_vol26_iss2_pp143_150.pdf?sequence=1 Sellwood, Jane. \u201cNarrative as Coquette in Frances Brooke's The History of Emily Montague,\u201d Canadian Literature, no. 136, 1993, pp. 60-81.  https:\/\/canlit.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/CL136-Full-Issue.pdf  --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) &amp;amp; Facebook (https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CanLitHistory). --- Support: Patreon (https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/historiacanadiana) &amp;amp; Paypal (https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/paypalme\/historiacanadiana). Check out the recommended reading page (https:\/\/historiacanadiana.wordpress.com\/books\/) and our apparel (http:\/\/tee.pub\/lic\/Ges5M2WpsBw)!  ","author_name":"A Cultural History of Canada","author_url":"https:\/\/historiacanadiana.wordpress.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/23720690\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/131767847"}