Margaret Laurence Critical Reflections / edited and with an introduction by David Staines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staines, David

Contributor:

Staines, David, editor.

Series:

Reappraisals, Canadian writers

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laurence, Margaret, 1926-1987--Critique et interpretation.

Laurence, Margaret, 1926-1987--Criticism and interpretation.

Women and literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (179 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

University of Ottawa Press / Les Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa 2001

Ottawa : University of Ottawa Press, 2001.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book highlights the accomplishments of one of Canada's most acclaimed and beloved fiction writers, Margaret Laurence. The essays in this collection explore her body of work as well as her influence on young Canadian writers today.

Contents:

Contents

Introduction

The Spirit and the Letter

The Correspondence of Margaret Laurence

Cavewomen Div(in)ing for Pearls

Margaret Laurence and Marian Engel

Reading Margaret Laurence's Life Writing: Toward a Postcolonial Feminist Subjectivity for a White Female Critic

Margaret Laurence and the City

The Figure of the Unknown Soldier: Home and War in The Fire-Dwellers

(W)Rites of Passage: The Typescript of The Diviners as Shadow Text

Listening: Laurence's Women

Sitting Down to Write: A Discourse of Morning

Margaret Laurence: The Shape of the Writer's Shadow

To Find Refreshment in Writing Children's Books: A Note on Margaret Laurence's Writing for Children

Faith and the Vocation of the Author

Margaret Laurence: A Reminiscence

Contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780776627045

077662704X

9780776616582

0776616587

OCLC:

742332965

Publisher Number:

10.26530/OAPEN_578769