The Imperialist (Identities and Issues in Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Sara Jeannette Duncan
- First Published: 1904
- Genres: Long fiction
- Subjects: Family or family life, North America or North Americans, Colonialism, Love or romance, Twentieth century, Immigration or emigration, Canada or Canadians, Scotland or Scottish people, 1900’s
The Work
The Imperialist is the only one of Sara Jeannette Duncan’s novels set in her native Canada. Although in her lifetime her other works, many of which are set in India, were well-known, her reputation rests primarily on The Imperialist. The novel chronicles life in the town of Elgin, Ontario, in the first decade of the twentieth century. Its central theme is the issue of whether Canada should have its own national identity or be part of a federation with Great Britain.
Lorne Murchison is a young man whose family has emigrated from Scotland to Elgin,...
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