Author : Robertson Davies
Publisher : CNIB
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 27,22 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Comprising The diary, The table talk and A garland of miscellanea by Samuel Marchbanks, but enlarged to include a biographical introduction and copious notes calculated to remove all difficulties caused by the passing of time, and to offer the wisdom, not to speak of the whimsicality, of this astonishing man to the modern public, by his long-suffering friend.
Author : Robertson Davies
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 49,40 MB
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 077102780X
Comprising The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks, The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks, Samuel Marchbanks’ Almanack, and The Papers of Samuel Marchbanks, this collection is available as an eBook for the first time.
Author : Robertson Davies
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 32,22 MB
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0771027923
The earliest of the Samuel Marchbanks volumes, originally published in 1947, is available in e-book form for the first time. In 1942, two years after returning to Canada from Britain, Robertson Davies took up the role of editor of the Peterborough Examiner. During his tenure as editor at the Examiner, a post he held until 1955, and later as publisher of the newspaper (1955–65), Davies published witty, curmudgeonly, mischievous, and fiercely individualistic editorials under the name of his alter ego, Samuel Marchbanks, “one of the choice and master spirits of his age.” The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks is funny, delightful, and timeless in revealing one of the most entertaining periods in a Canadian literary giant’s career.
Author : Carl Spadoni
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 1204 pages
File Size : 50,53 MB
Release : 2014-08-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1442667281
Robertson Davies (1913–1995), one of Canada’s most distinguished authors of the twentieth century, was known for his work as a novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. This descriptive bibliography is dedicated to his writing career, covering all publications from his first venture into print at the age of nine to works published posthumously to 2011. Entries include each of Davies’ signed publications and those pseudonymous or anonymous writings he acknowledged having written. Included are his plays, novels, journalism, academic writing, translations, interviews, speeches, lectures, unsigned articles and editorials, films, audio recordings, and multimedia editions. Also listed is a generous sampling of unsigned articles and editorials. Using Davies’ archives and the archives of other authors, organizations, and publishers, Carl Spadoni and Judith Skelton Grant present A Bibliography of Robertson Davies to serve the research demands of Canadian literature and book history scholars.
Author : Tracy Chevalier
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 1032 pages
File Size : 26,5 MB
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1135314101
This groundbreaking new source of international scope defines the essay as nonfictional prose texts of between one and 50 pages in length. The more than 500 entries by 275 contributors include entries on nationalities, various categories of essays such as generic (such as sermons, aphorisms), individual major works, notable writers, and periodicals that created a market for essays, and particularly famous or significant essays. The preface details the historical development of the essay, and the alphabetically arranged entries usually include biographical sketch, nationality, era, selected writings list, additional readings, and anthologies
Author : C. P. Stephens
Publisher : Ultramarine Publishing
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 43,69 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780893661793
Author : John Robert Colombo
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 409 pages
File Size : 30,25 MB
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Reference
ISBN : 1550029533
What are "snow worms"? Are there more moose than people in the Yukon? What is the meaning of the word "Niagara"? Where will you find the world’s largest perogy? Does Elvis have a street in Ottawa named after him? What was Pierre Elliott Trudeau’s favourite snack food? Which province was the last to shift traffic from the left-hand side of the road to the right? These are some of the questions that are asked - and answered - in 1000 Questions About Canada. Every reader with an ounce (or a gram) of curiosity will find these intriguing questions and thoughtful answers fascinating to read and ponder. This book is for people who love curious lore and who want to know more about the country in which they live.
Author : Eugene Benson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 2597 pages
File Size : 49,85 MB
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1134468474
Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around the world. Their significance derives from the richness and variety of experience which they reflect. In three volumes, this Encyclopedia documents the history and development of this body of work and includes original research relating to the literatures of some 50 countries and territories. In more than 1,600 entries written by more than 600 internationally recognized scholars, it explores the effect of the colonial and post-colonial experience on literatures in English worldwide.
Author : Julie H. Ferguson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 50,23 MB
Release : 2013-11-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 145972433X
Presenting five titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: firebrand Metis leader Louis Riel; landscape painter James Wilson Morrice; Arctic explorer and ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson; revered novelist Robertson Davies; and the “Father of British Columbia,” James Douglas. Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas
Author : Julie H. Ferguson
Publisher : Dundurn
Page : 1315 pages
File Size : 16,27 MB
Release : 2013-12-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1459724380
Presenting ten titles in the Quest Biography series that profiles prominent figures in Canada’s history. The important Canadian lives detailed here are: painters Tom Thomson and James Wilson Morrice; explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson; frontiersman Simon Girty; railway baron William C. Van Horne; early politicians George Simpson and James Douglas; revolutionary Metis leader Louis Riel; writer Robertson Davies; and early movie star Mary Pickford. Includes Louis Riel James Wilson Morrice Vilhjalmur Stefansson Robertson Davies James Douglas William C. Van Horne George Simpson Tom Thomson Simon Girty Mary Pickford
