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" Margaret Laurence : "
edited and with an introduction by David Staines.
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BL
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634220
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Margaret Laurence : : critical reflections /\ edited and with an introduction by David Staines.
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Ottawa :: University of Ottawa Press,, c2001.
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Reappraisals, Canadian writers
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172 p. ;; 23 cm.
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0776604465
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: 9780776604466
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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The spirit and the letter: the correspondence of Margaret Laurence / John Lennox -- Cavewomen div(in)ing for pearls: Margaret Laurence and Marian Engel / Christl Verduyn -- Reading Margaret Laurence's life writing: toward a postcolonial feminist subjectivity for a white female critic / Helen M. Buss -- Margaret Laurence and the city / W.H. New -- The figure of the unknown soldier: home and war in The fire-dwellers / Birk Sproxton -- (W)Rites of passage: the typescript of The diviners as shadow text / Nora Foster Stovel -- Listening: Laurence's women / Kristjana Gunnars -- Sitting down to write: a discourse of morning / Robert Kroetsch -- Margaret Laurence: the shape of the writer's shadow / Aritha van Herk -- To find refreshment in writing children's books: a note on Margaret Laurence's writing for children / Janet Lunn -- Faith and the vocation of the author / Lois Wilson -- Margaret Laurence: a reminiscence / Joyce Marshall.
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"This book highlights the accomplishments of one of Canada's most acclaimed and beloved fiction writers, Margaret Laurence, who died in 1987. The essays in this collection explore her body of work as well as her influence on young Canadian writers today." "Margaret Laurence: Critical Reflections brings together twelve distinguished scholars, critics, and writers to illuminate Laurence's achievement, focusing on the various dimensions of her career and corpus."--BOOK JACKET.
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Laurence, Margaret-- Criticism and interpretation.
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Staines, David,1946-
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