L.M. Montgomery's rainbow valleys : the Ontario years, 1911-1942 / edited by Rita Bode and Lesley D. Clement.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bode, Rita, Author.

Contributor:

Bode, Rita, 1950- editor.

Clement, Lesley D. (Lesley Diana), 1951- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942.

Montgomery, L. M.

Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), 1874-1942--Homes and haunts--Ontario.

Novelists, Canadian--Homes and haunts--Ontario.

Novelists, Canadian.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (344 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montréal, [Quebećbec] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2015.

Summary:

Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) and Anne of Green Gables will always be associated with Prince Edward Island, Montgomery's childhood home and the setting of her most famous novels. Yet, after marrying Rev. Ewan Macdonald in 1911, she lived in Ontario for three decades. There she became a mother of two sons, fulfilled the duties of a minister's wife, advocated for copyright protection and recognition of Canadian literature, wrote prolifically, and reached a global readership that has never waned. Engaging with discussions on both her life and her fiction, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys explores the joys, sorrows, and literature that emerged from her transformative years in Ontario. While this time brought Montgomery much pleasure and acclaim, it was also challenged and complicated by a sense of displacement and the need to self-fashion and self-dramatize as she struggled to align her private self with her public persona. Written by scholars from various fields and including a contribution by Montgomery's granddaughter, this volume covers topics such as war, religion, women's lives, friendships, loss, and grief, focusing on a range of related themes to explore Montgomery's varied states of mind. An in-depth study of one of Canada's most internationally acclaimed authors, L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valleys shows how she recreated herself as an Ontario writer and adapted to the rapidly changing world of the twentieth century. Contributors include Elizabeth Waterston (Guelph), Mary Beth Cavert (Independent), Margaret Steffler (Trent), Laura M. Robinson (Royal Military College), Caroline E. Jones (Austin Community College), William V. Thompson (Grant MacEwan University), Melanie J. Fishbane (Humber College), Katherine Cameron (Concordia University College), Emily Woster (Minnesota-Duluth), Natalie Forest (York), E. Holly Pike (Memorial-Grenfell), Linda Rodenburg (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Sutherland (York), Lesley D. Clement (Lakehead-Orillia), Kate Macdonald Butler (Heirs of L.M. Montgomery Inc.).

Contents:

Introduction / Rita bode and Lesley D. Clement

Prologue

1. Leaskdale : L.M. Montgomery's Rainbow Valley / Elizabeth Waterston

A new home in Leaskdale : war and religion

2. "To the memory of" : Leaskdale and loss in the great war / Mary Beth Cavert

3. "Being a Christian" and a Presbyterian in Leaskdale / Margaret Steffler

The changing world of women : mother, daughter, friend

4. "A gift for friendship" : revolutionary friendship in Anne of the island and The blue castle / Laura M. Robinson

5. The new mother at home : Montgomery's literary explorations of motherhood / Caroline E. Jones

Shadows in Rainbow Valley : loss and grief

6. The shadow on the house of dreams : Montgomery's re-visioning of Anne / William V. Thompson

7. "My pen shall heal, not hurt" : writing as therapy in Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes are quoted / Melanie J. Fishbane

Interlude

L.M.M. / Katherine Cameron

A sense of place : reading and writing

8. Old years and old books : Montgomery's Ontario reading and self-fashioning / Emily Woster

9. (Re)locating Montgomery : Prince Edward Island romance to southern Ontario gothic / Natalie Forest

Travels to Muskoka : commodification and tourism

10. Propriety and the proprietary : the commodification of health and nature in The blue castle / E. Holly Pike

11. Bala and The blue castle : the "spirit of Muskoka" and the tourist gaze / Linda Rodenburg

Life in Toronto : professional and cultural links

12. Advocating for authors and battling critics in Toronto : Montgomery and the Canadian Authors Association / Kate Sutherland

13. Toronto's cultural scene : tonic or toxin for a sagged soul? / Lesley D. Clement

Epilogue

14. Dear grandmother Maud on the road to heaven / Kate MaDonald butler

Appendix. Montgomery's Ontario legacies : a community presence in the twenty-first century / Rita Bode and Lesley D. Clement with the assistance of Kristina Eldridge and Chloe Verner.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 16, 2016).

ISBN:

0-7735-9739-5

0-7735-9738-7

OCLC:

910986447