Winona; or, The Foster-SistersBroadview Press, 2006 M10 16 - 334 páginas The prize-winning entry in a national competition for distinctively Canadian fiction, Winona was serialized in a Montreal story paper in 1873. The novel focuses on the lives of two foster-sisters raised in the northern Ontario wilderness: Androsia Howard, daughter of a retired military officer, and Winona, the daughter of a Huron chief. As the story begins, both have come under the sway of the mysterious and powerful Andrew Farmer, who has proposed to Androsia while secretly pursuing Winona. With the arrival of Archie Frazer, the son of an old military friend, there is a violent crisis, and the scene shifts southward as Archie takes the foster-sisters via Toronto to his family’s estate in the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence River. Farmer follows, and the narrative moves towards a sensational climax. The critical introduction and appendices to this edition place Winona in the contexts of Crawford’s career, the contemporary market for serialized fiction, the sensation novel of the 1860s, nineteenth-century representations of women and North American indigenous peoples, and the emergence of Canadian literary nationalism in the era following Confederation. |
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... gaze of their antagonist are thus suggested , though it might be noted that Androsia looks far more welcoming in this picture than she is in the text , and that the massive stone portal of Colonel Howard's wilderness domicile looks ...
... gaze , and the surveillance undertaken by schemers , stalkers , and detectives . When introduced in Chapter I , Androsia is described ( in an allusion to Longfellow ) as having " magnificent hazel eyes , shad- owy and ' burning yet ...
... gaze throughout the narrative , suggesting an agency and power beyond the pale of proper female conduct and expression . She is also repeatedly described as shadowy and " phantom - like ” ( 187 ) , and thus encodes repressed elements of ...
... gaze . " There must be some mistake . However , sir , I am sure Colonel Howard will make you welcome for the night . May I inquire if you belong to Captain Frazer's party ? " " I am Captain Frazer , " returned Archie , looking full into ...
... gaze encountered that of the young girl who had paused on the threshold , and was regarding him with a grave and oddly pene- trating glance . She was a tall , willowy creature of , perhaps , nineteen , with magnificent hazel eyes ...