Marian and the Major : Marian Engel's Elizabeth and the golden city / edited by Christl Verduyn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Engel, Marian

Contributor:

Verduyn, Christl, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rains, William Kingdom, 1789-1874--Fiction.

Rains, William Kingdom.

Rains, William Kingdom, 1789-1874.

Genre:

Fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

xii, 308 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Elizabeth and the golden city

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2010]

Summary:

Contains the unfinished work "Elizabeth and the golden city" and biographical and critical chapters on Marian Engel and her subject matter.

Contents:

Introduction

The Major and Marian. Major William Kingdom Rains ; Lake Simcoe, Upper Canada ; St. Joseph Island ; Sister stories ; illustrations

Marian Engel, Elizabeth and the golden city. Introduction

Montreal. Elizabeth and the golden city ; The Major and his diary, I ; The Major at McGill ; The Major and his diary, II ; Middle-age memories of Montreal ; Elizabeth on her education ; Leaving Montreal

Toronto. Toronto ; Elizabeth in her ; Elizabeth at 50, remembering her ; Elizabeth, publisher and writer ; The major's funeral ; Elizabeth finds her father ; Elizabeth in the hospital

Trompe L'Œil. Agassiz and Bryant visit the Major ; Elizabeth and the golden city : a lexicon.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-303) and index.

ISBN:

9780773536340

0773536345

OCLC:

428868554