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Margaret Laurence, best known for her germinal novels set in the Canadian prairies, is one of the nation's most respected authors. This is a critical edition of over fifty essays about Canada and its land, peoples, politics, and literature, spanning her writing career from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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"In collecting all these essays, Stovel provides a sweeping and comprehensive look at an iconic Canadian writer which hasn't been previously available." David Staines, University of Ottawa
"We have long needed such an edition of Laurence's uncollected essays and speeches, to make this important aspect of her oeuvre available to both scholars and the general public. Selecting among all these for a single volume is a daunting project, which Nora Foster Stovel has judiciously accomplished." Carol Beran, Saint Mary's College of California
"Throughout the collection, Laurence's wry sense of humour, moral compass, and eye for the ridiculous and the subtly moving shine through. For anyone who loves her fiction, these writings will complement and deepen their relationship to one of our most important Canadian authors." Montreal Review of Books

Recognition and Revelation Short Nonfiction

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    A Paperback / softback by Margaret Laurence, Nora Foster Stovel, David Laurence

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      Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
      Publication Date: 23/09/2020
      ISBN13: 9780228003472, 978-0228003472
      ISBN10: 0228003474
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      Book Synopsis
      Margaret Laurence, best known for her germinal novels set in the Canadian prairies, is one of the nation's most respected authors. This is a critical edition of over fifty essays about Canada and its land, peoples, politics, and literature, spanning her writing career from the 1960s to the 1980s.

      Trade Review
      "In collecting all these essays, Stovel provides a sweeping and comprehensive look at an iconic Canadian writer which hasn't been previously available." David Staines, University of Ottawa
      "We have long needed such an edition of Laurence's uncollected essays and speeches, to make this important aspect of her oeuvre available to both scholars and the general public. Selecting among all these for a single volume is a daunting project, which Nora Foster Stovel has judiciously accomplished." Carol Beran, Saint Mary's College of California
      "Throughout the collection, Laurence's wry sense of humour, moral compass, and eye for the ridiculous and the subtly moving shine through. For anyone who loves her fiction, these writings will complement and deepen their relationship to one of our most important Canadian authors." Montreal Review of Books

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