Description:
In exchange for agreeing to an arranged marriage, Gonji is allowed to have one week of complete freedom. Onoto Watanna's The Honorable Miss Moonlight is a romance novel that follows a young man who rather be a scholar than a husband. With themes of gender, sexuality, and identity, The Honorable Miss Moonlight is a provocative representation of 20th century Asian culture.
Brief description:
Winnifred Eaton, (1875-1954) better known by her penname, Onoto Watanna was a Canadian author and screenwriter of Chinese-British ancestry. First published at the age of fourteen, Watanna worked a variety of jobs, each utilizing her talent for writing. She worked for newspapers while she wrote her novels, becoming known for her romantic fiction and short stories. Later, Watanna became involved in the world of theater and film. She wrote screenplays in New York, and founded the Little Theatre Movement, which aimed to produced artistic content independent of commercial standards. After her death in 1954, the Reeve Theater in Alberta, Canada was built in her honor.