Who was Doris Hedges? : the search for Canada's first literary agent / Robert Lecker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lecker, Robert, 1951- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hedges, Doris, 1896-1972.

Hedges, Doris.

Authors, Canadian--Biography.

Authors, Canadian.

Literary agents--Canada--Biography.

Literary agents.

Canadian literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Canadian literature.

Canadian literature--Women authors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 293 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2020]

Summary:

Despite her trailblazing efforts to represent the work of Canadian writers to publishers in North America and abroad, Doris Hedges (1896-1972), the Montreal author who started Canada's first literary agency in 1946, is routinely excluded from Canadian literary histories. In Who Was Doris Hedges? Robert Lecker provides a detailed account of her remarkable career. Hedges published several novels, short stories, and books of poetry, moved in Montreal literary circles, did a stint as a radio broadcaster, and provided reports to the Wartime Information Board during the Second World War, possibly as an American spy. She lived a privileged life in the Golden Square Mile district of downtown Montreal with her husband, Geoffrey Hedges, a member of the Benson and Hedges tobacco empire. The more one uncovers about Hedges's life, the more one discovers a courageous figure who was exploring many of the conflicted issues of her day: the rise of juvenile delinquency, the suppression of female sexuality, the place of women in business and finance, and the difficulties confronting the publishing industry in the years leading up to and following the war. Mixing lively biographical commentary with literary analysis, Who Was Doris Hedges? is a vivid account of a writer's life and concerns during a period when Canada's literature was coming of age.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1896—1939

1939—1945

1946—1948

1949—1952

1953—1956

1957—1972

Epilogue

Works by Doris Hedges

Works by Doris Hedges a Chronology

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780228004783

0228004780

9780228004776

0228004772

OCLC:

1163795346