L. M. Montgomery & Canadian Culture

Contributors from a wide range of disciplines explore L.M. Montgomery's writing and its relation to Canadian nationalism, including regionalism, canon formation, and Canadian-Amerian cultural relations.

Irene Gammel is a professor in the Department of English at the University of Prince Edward Island. ELIZABETH EPPERLY is a professor in the Department of English, University of Prince Edward Island and the author of another book on Montgomery, "The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass".

Foreword

ix

Adrienne Clarkson

Acknowledgments

xiii

Abbreviations

xvii

Introduction L. M. Montgomery and the Shaping of Canadian Culture

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Irene Gammel

Elizabeth Epperly

PART 1. MONTGOMERY AND CANADA: ROMANCING THE REGION, CONSTRUCTING THE NATION

Montgomery and Canadian Nationalism

`A Born Canadian': The Bonds of Communal Identity in Anne of Green Gables and A Tangled Web

19

(12)

Laura M. Robinson

The End of Canadian Innocence: L. M. Montgomery and the First World War

31

(18)

Owen Dudley Edwards

Jennifer H. Litster

Romance and the Shaping of Canadian Culture

`Dragged at Anne's Chariot Wheels': The Triangle of Author, Publisher, and Fictional Character

49

(15)

Carole Gerson

(Re)Producing Canadian Literature: L. M. Montgomery's Emily Novels

64

(13)

E. Holly Pike

Reflection Piece--The Poetry of L. M. Montgomery

77

(12)

Elizabeth Waterston

PART 2. MONTGOMERY AND CANADIAN SOCIETY: NEGOTIATING CULTURAL CHANGE

Religion, Education, and Technology

L. M. Montgomery: Scottish-Presbyterian Agency in Canadian Culture

89

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Mary Henley Rubio

Disciplining Development: L. M. Montgomery and Early Schooling

106

(14)

Irene Gammel

Ann Dutton

`Daisy,' `Dodgie,' and `Lady Jane Grey Dort': L. M. Montgomery and the Automobile

120

(13)

Sasha Mullally

Motherhood, Family, and Feminism

Knitting Up the World: L. M. Montgomery and Maternal Feminism in Canada

133

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Erika Rothwell

The Canadian Family and Female Adolescent Development during the 1930s: Jane of Lantern Hill

145

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Diana Arlene Chlebek

Reflection Piece--`I Wrote Two Hours This Morning and Put Up Grape Juice in the Afternoon': The Conflict between Woman and Writer in L. M. Montgomery's Journals

153

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Roberta Buchanan

PART 3. MONTGOMERY AND CANADIAN ICONOGRAPHY: CONSUMING THE POPULAR

Anne as Cultural Icon

The Hard-Won Power of Canadian Womanhood: Reading Anne of Green Gables Today

163

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Frank Davey

Anne in Hollywood: The Americanization of a Canadian Icon

183

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Theodore F. Sheckels

Reflection Piece--Anne Shirley and the Power of Literacy

192

(9)

Sharon J. Hamilton

Dianne Hicks Morrow

Montgomery, Canada, and Cultural Tourism

Japanese Readings of Anne of Green Gables

201

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Yoshiko Akamatsu

Anne of Red Hair: What Do the Japanese See in Anne of Green Gables?

213

(9)

Calvin Trillin

Reflection Piece--Revisiting Anne

222

(13)

Margaret Atwood

Epilogue L. M. Montgomery and the Creation of Prince Edward Island

229

(6)

Deirdre Kessler

Works Cited

235

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Contributors

251

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Illustration Credits

257

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Index

259

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