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'The Span o' Life' is a historical fiction novel by Jean N. McIlwraith and William McLennan that takes readers on a journey through the ill-fated Rebellion of Prince Charles, following the story of Hugh Maxwell, Chevalier of the Order of St. Louis, who finds himself in an obscure lodging in Soho, London. A chance encounter with a lady in distress sets off a chain of events that takes him on an unforgettable adventure to New France, where he makes both friends and enemies, falls in love, and experiences joy and sorrow.
By Jean N. McIlwraith is a touching tale of growth, resilience, and self-discovery. Set against the backdrop of 19th-century America, the novel follows the life of Mary, an orphaned young woman navigating societal expectations, personal aspirations, and the challenges of her time. McIlwraith masterfully weaves themes of love, ambition, and identity into a compelling narrative that resonates with readers across generations.
This work is a comparative study of nineteenth-century English-Canadian and French Canadian novel prefaces, a previously unexplored literary topic. As a study in Comparative Literature - with the application of a specific literary framework and methodology - the study conforms to theoretical and methodological postulates formulated in and prescribed by this framework when applied. This a priori postulate necessitates that the research on and the presentation of the Canadian novel preface be carried out in a specific manner, as follows. First, the study will establish the hypothesis that the preface to nineteenth-century English-Canadian and French-Canadian novels is a genre in its own right. This hypothesis will rest on the following: 1) a taxonomical survey of related terms meaning "preface"; 2) a survey of secondary Iiterature of works dealing with the preface; 3) a discussion of the theoretical framework and methodology of the Empirical Theory of Literature and its appropriateness for the study of the preface; and 4) a discussion of the process of the compilation of the corpus of nineteenth-century Canadian novel prefaces (Chapter one). In a second step, the theoretical postulate outlined in the hypothesis will be put into practice by the development and production of a preface typology (Chapter two). In a third step, further tenets of the Empirical Theory of Literature will be tested on the corpus of the prefaces (Chapter three). In a fourth step, the prefaces will be analysed following the tenets formulated in and prescribed by the systemic framework applied (Chapter four).