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Margaret Laurence: Critical Reflections

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Edited and with an introduction by David Staines
2001
Published by: University of Ottawa Press
Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
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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.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Frontmatter

Contents

pp. v

Introduction

pp. 1-5

The Spirit and the Letter: The Correspondence of Margaret Laurence

pp. 7-21

Cavewomen Div(in)ing for Pearls: Margaret Laurence and Marian Engel

pp. 23-37

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

pp. 39-58

Margaret Laurence and the City

pp. 59-78

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

pp. 79-100

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

pp. 101-120

Listening: Laurence's Women

pp. 121-127

Sitting Down to Write: A Discourse of Morning

pp. 129-134

Margaret Laurence: The Shape of the Writer's Shadow

pp. 135-143

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

pp. 145-150

Faith and the Vocation of the Author

pp. 151-162

Margaret Laurence: A Reminiscence

pp. 163-168

Contributors

pp. 169
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