- Paperback: 275 pages
- Publisher: University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division; Reprint edition (Feb 1 1993)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0802074618
- ISBN-13: 978-0802074614
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.5 x 2.1 cm
- Shipping Weight: 445 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #600,387 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Responding to the Fragrance of Sweet Grass, Jun 25 2000
By Mrs. Patricia Coughlin - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery's Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance (Hardcover)
"The Fragrance of Sweet Grass: L.M. Montgomery's Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance" by Elizabeth Rollins Epperly exposes many insights about Montgomery's literary works. Most interestingly, Epperly connects home, self-awareness, and romance. Home is where you discover yourself. Not until this discovery can the heroine go beyond herself to recognize her male counterpart. The heroine establishes herself so she can find a hero equally self-aware. Epperly makes the point that although Montgomery subverts convention by having self-aware, independent women not marry until later in life, they do marry and thus conform to convention. Therefore, Epperly suggests that in the 1990s we may not see Montgomery as a feminist. However, I believe she is wrong. Montgomery is a feminist because her heroines are stongly aware of what they can do. Montgomery gives them choices of career, family, or both. Epperly gives an excellent analysis of Montgomery's work, although I do not agree with everything she posits. The book is thoughtful and interesting, providing insights for further investigation.
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Writing a Romance..., Jan 17 2011
By D. S. Thurlow - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Fragrance of Sweet-Grass: L.M. Montgomery's Heroines and the Pursuit of Romance (Paperback)
Elizabeth Rollins Epperly's 1992 "The Fragrance of Sweet Grass" is a fascinating examination of Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery's literary heroines, including Anne of Green Gables, Emily of New Moon, Pat of Silver Bush, Valancy Sterling, and the others, with respect to their various pursuits of romance. Epperly explores Montgomery's evolving literary technigue, the choices she offers each heroine, and insights into the sometimes subversive ways those choices play out in each novel.
Epperly considers the Anne novels in the order in which they were written, which leads to some interesting insights into the evolving charactor of Anne Shirley. She considers how romance for Anne is held at bay in "Green Gables" and "Avonlea", before the symmetry of the romantic conclusion of "Anne of the Island." "Rainbow Valley" and "Rilla of Ingleside" are really about younger characters, especially the wartime romance of Anne's youngest daughter Rilla. A more familar Anne of Green Gables reappears for the later written "Windy Populars" and "Ingleside."
Epperly devotes considerable attention to "Emily of New Moon" and its two sequels, whose leading character, a female writer, is something of an avatar for Montgomery's own struggles for literary success. Pat of Silver Bush is an extended lesson in what can go wrong when romance is confused with love of home.
Epperly may be notable among literary critics of Montgomery in giving her credit for what she says in her novels. For example, Epperly concludes with Montgomery that Emily will continue to write after marrying Teddy Kent, a point not conceded by some others. She also handles with care and discretion the reading back of modern feminism into Montgomery's work.
"The Fragrance of Sweet Grass" is very highly recommended to fans of L.M. Montgomery's novels for its thought-provoking and entertaining insights into the romances of her characters.
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