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Carole Gerson

Author of Canadian Poetry from the Beginnings through the First World War (New Canadian Library)

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About the Author

Born in Montreal, Carole Gerson is a professor in the English Department at Simon Fraser University. Her research on Canadian literary and publishing history and on early Canadian women writers has resulted in many publications, including two books on Pauline Johnson. She was a member of the show more editorial team for the major three-volume project History of the Book in Canada, for which she co-edited volume 3, covering the period 1918-1980. show less

Works by Carole Gerson

Canadian Poetry from the Beginnings through the First World War (New Canadian Library) (1994) 37 copies

History of the book in Canada (2004) — Editor; Contributor; Remerciements — 19 copies

E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems and Selected Prose (2002) — Editor — 13 copies

Canadian Women in Print, 1750–1918 (2010) 9 copies

A Purer Taste: The Writing and Reading of Fiction in English in Nineteenth-Century Canada (1989) 8 copies

Histoire du livre et de l'imprimé au Canada. Volume III, De 1918 à 1980 (2007) 2 copies

The Prose of life : sketches from Victorian Canada (1981) 1 copy

Canada's early women writers: Texts in English to 1859 (Les documents de l'ICREF) (1994) 1 copy

Associated Works

History of the Book in Canada: Volume One: Beginnings to 1840 (2004) — Contributor — 33 copies

History of the Book in Canada: Volume 2: 1840-1918 (2004) — Contributor — 22 copies

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Gender: female
Nationality: Canada

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E. Pauline Johnson, Tekahionwake: Collected Poems… by E. Pauline Johnson

Sublime writing by an intelligent and creative and much overlooked poet.

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Gabrielle Roy Prize

Canadian Women in Print, 1750–1918 (2010)

History of the book in Canada (2007)

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Works: 8
Also by: 2
Members: 71
Popularity: #245,552
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 1
ISBNs: 22
Languages: 1

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