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WilliamKirbyx19sLeChiendx19orTheGoldenDogadramatichistoricalromancethatvividlydetailstheintertwinedFrenchandEnglishfoundationsofCanadaisoneofthenationx19sbest-knownpiecesofnineteenth-centuryliterature.Acomplicatedpublishinghistoryhoweverresultedinseveredistortionsofthetextsothateacheditionofthenovelmovedfurtherfromtheauthorx19soriginalvision.Nowinthex1enalworkproducedbytheCentreforEditingEarlyCanadianTextsatCarletonUniversityeditorMaryJaneEdwardsreturnsthisbelovedpieceofliteraryhistorytoitsintendedform.Firstpublishedin1877LeChiendx19ordrawsuponthethreadsoflegendspunaroundthereal-lifetabletoftheGoldenDogwhichcanstillbeseeninQuebecCity.Thenovelx19sauthorWilliamKirbybeginshistaleinthe1740swiththemurderoftheprosperousmerchantwholivedinthehousethatborethetabletandbringshisworktoatragicendthatcoincideswiththedestructionofFrancex19sNorthAmericanempire.WeavinghistoricalliteraryandreligiousallusionstogetherwithapowerfullyricismLeChiendx19ordevelopsanepicnarrativeoftheheroicpastandpromisingfutureoftheDominionofCanada.ThoughmanyversionsofLeChiendx19orhavebeenpublishedinbothFrenchandEnglishveryfewpeoplehavereadwhattheauthorintendedtoseeinprint.ThiseditionbringsKirbyx19sunfulx1elledlegacyfullcirclebypresentingacriticallyreliableversionofhisiconicCanadiannovel.MaryJaneEdwardsisDistinguishedResearchProfessoranddirectoroftheCentreforEditingEarlyCanadianTextsCEECTatCarletonUniversity.ThedaughterofanEnglishmerchantfatherandChinesemotherWinnifredEaton1875x131954wasawildlypopularx1ectionwriterinhertime.BorninMontrealEatonlivedinJamaicaandseveralplacesintheUnitedStatesbeforesettlinginAlberta.HerbooksmanyofthempublishedundertheJapanesepseudonymOnotoWatannaencompasstheexperiencesofmarginalizedwomeninCanadaJamaicatheUnitedStatesandaromanticimaginedJapan.MarionTheStoryofanArtistx19sModelisEatonx19sonlybookthatexplicitlydealswithbeingx1cforeignx1dinCanada.Thenovelfollowsthelifeofx1chalf-foreignx1dMarionAscoughx13acharacterbasedonEatonx19sownsisterx13whileneveridentifyingherx1cforeignness.x1dEscapingtheunrelentingracialdiscriminationherfamilyenduresinQuebecMarionfollowsherdreamofbeinganartistbymovingtoNewYorkwhereshebecomesx1cCanadianx1dinsteadofethnicx13amorepalatableforeignness.HavingsuccessfullystrippedherselfofherethnicityMarioncontinuestoexperiencediscriminationandobjectix1ecationasawomanfailingasanartistandbecominganartistx19smodel.KarenSkinazix19sintroductiontoEatonx19sfascinatingnarrativedrawsattentiontothefactthatalthoughthenovelusesmanyoftheconventionsofthex1cracesecretx1dstorythistimethesecretisneverrevealed.ThisneweditionofMarionTheStoryofAnArtistx19sModelbringsbackintoprintacompellingandsophisticatedtreasureofAsianCanadianAmericanx1ectionthatoffersarareperspectiveonethnicitygenderandidentity.x1cMarionplaysauniqueroleinEatonx19soeuvreandKarenSkinazimakesacompellingcaseforthenovelx19scomplexityandsignix1ecance.FuturescholarswillbegratefulforSkinazix19sx1eneintroduction.x1dFloydCheungSmithCollegeKarenE.H.SkinaziisalecturerinPrincetonUniversityx19sWritingProgram.39MQUPSPRING2012FICTIONCANADIANSTUDIESSPECIFICATIONSCentreforEditingEarlyCanadianTextsMarch2012978-0-7735-4016-339.95ACDN39.95AUS28.99paper978-0-7735-4030-9125.00SCDN125.00SUS91.00cloth6x91152ppLeChiendx19orTheGoldenDogALegendofQuebecCriticalEditionwilliamkirbyeditedbymaryjaneedwardsAbelovedliteraryartefactpresentedforthersttimeastheauthorintended.FICTIONLITERARYSTUDIESSPECIFICATIONSApril2012978-0-7735-3962-424.95ACDN24.95AUS17.99paper6x9424pp21bwphotosMarionTheStoryofanArtistx19sModelCriticalEditionwinnifredeatonWithanintroductionbyKarenE.H.SkinaziMysteriesofidentityandthetrialsofworkinggirlsfromtherstpublishedAsianNorthAmericannovelist.