{"product_id":"the-l-m-montgomery-reader-9781487526023","title":"The L.M. Montgomery Reader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow available in paperback, \u003ci\u003eThe L.M. Montgomery Reader\u003c\/i\u003e assembles rediscovered primary material on one of Canada’s most enduringly popular authors, spanning the entirety of her high-profile career and the years since her death.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe first volume, \u003ci\u003eA Life in Print\u003c\/i\u003e, focuses specifically on Montgomery’s role as a public celebrity and author of the resoundingly successful \u003ci\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e (1908). The selections give a strong impression of Montgomery as a writer and cultural critic as she discusses a range of topics with wit, wisdom, and humour, including the natural landscape of Prince Edward Island, her wide readership, anxieties about modernity, and the continued relevance of old ideals. These essays and interviews, joined by a number of additional pieces that discuss her work’s literary and cultural value in relation to an emerging canon of Canadian literature, make up nearly one hundred selections in all.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEach volume in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lefebvre’s archival research is thorough and often brilliant, making the　Reader an invaluable trove not only for Montgomery scholars but also for those working with the reception history of Canadian writers, especially women before Laurence, Munro, and Atwood. For Montgomery completists, the　Reader is irresistible. For those engaged in Montgomery studies or Canadian literature more generally, it is invaluable.\" -- Anne Furlong * University of Toronto Quarterly vol 84:03:2015 *\u003cbr\u003e“While Lefebvre’s The L.M. Montgomery Reader is a vital resource of primary sources from and secondary assessments of one of Canada’s most popular twentieth-century authors, it is his insightful and knowledgeable analysis that shapes and gives meaning to the collection. The depth of his knowledge results in a work that is as comprehensible as it is comprehensive.” -- Andre Narbonne * American Review of Canadian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"With this volume, Lefebvre broadens our understanding of Montgomery's reception and reputation both within Canada and internationally, unearthing previously obscure content and commentary and making it accessible to a far wider audience. This reader will thus prove a valuable resource to both existing and future scholars of Montgomery's work and life, as well as those fans keen for a little more insight into the ever-elusive figure of L.M. Montgomery.\" -- Sarah Galletly * British Journal of Canadian Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"Lefebvre has uncovered a cache of new, important material in an already impressive and crowded field of Montgomery scholarship … His sensitive editing of the material brings the public side of Montgomery into better focus as she fields endless questions about how she became a writer, how Anne came to be and whether or not she was a real girl and what the author thought of young women in her day. [This book will] deepen our knowledge and understanding of this beloved Canadian icon.\" -- Laurie Glenn Norris * Telegraph-Journal (Saint John, NB) *\u003cbr\u003e\"This comprehensive volume (with its two companions) forms a treasure trove of previously unavailable material; it will be of interest to scholars of Canadian and world literature and possibly to true admirers of Anne of Green Gables and its author.\" -- Barbara L. Talcroft * Children's Literature LLC *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments  Abbreviations  Introduction: A Life in Print  BENJAMIN LEFEBVRE  A Note on the Text   1. [Such a Delightful Little Person] (1908)   2. Author Tells How He Wrote His Story (1908)   3. Origin of Popular Book (1908)   4. The Author of Anne of Avonlea (1909)   5. Miss Montgomery, the Author of the “Anne” Books (1909)  A. WYLIE MAHON   6. A Trio of Women Writers (1909)  DONALD B. SINCLAIR   7. Canadian Writers on Canadian Literature – A Symposium (1910)   8. Says Woman’s Place Is Home (1910)   9. Want to Know How to Write Books? Well Here’s a Real Recipe (1910)  PHOEBE DWIGHT   10. Miss Montgomery’s Visit to Boston (1910)   11. Four Questions Answered (1910)  LUCY MAUD MONTGOMERY   12. Miss L.M. Montgomery, Author of Anne of Green Gables (1910)   13. How I Began to Write (1911)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   14. [Seasons in the Woods] (1911)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   15. With Our Next-Door Neighbors: Prince Edward Island (1911)  THOMAS F. ANDERSON   16. [The Marriage of L.M. Montgomery] (1911)   17. A Canadian Novelist of Note Interviewed (1911)   18. Interviews with Authors (1911)  ANNE E. NIAS   19. The Old Minister in The Story Girl (1912)  A. WYLIE MAHON   20. L.M. Montgomery: Story Writer (1913)  MARJORY MACMURCHY   21. L.M. Montgomery at Women’s Canadian Club (1913)   22. L.M. Montgomery of the Island (1914)  MARJORY MACMURCHY   23. What Twelve Canadian Women Hope to See as the Outcome of the War (1915)   24. The Way to Make a Book (1915)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   25. How I Began (1915)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   26. [This Hideous War] (1915)   27. What Are the Greatest Books in the English Language? (1916)   28. My Favorite Bookshelf (1917)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   29. The Author of Anne (1919)  ETHEL CHAPMAN   30. The Gay Days of Old (1919)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   31. Introduction to Further Chronicles of Avonlea, by L.M. Montgomery (1920)  NATHAN HASKELL DOLE   32. One Little Girl Who Wrote to L.M. Montgomery and Received a Reply (1920)   33. A Sextette of Canadian Women Writers (1920)  OWEN MCGILLICUDDY   34. Blank Verse? “Very Blank,” Said Father (1921)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   35. “I Dwell among My Own People” (1921)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   36. Bits from My Mailbag (1922)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   37. From Fiction Writers on Fiction Writing: Advice, Opinions and a Statement of Their Own Working Methods by More Than One Hundred Authors (1923)   38. Novel Writing Notes (1923)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   39. Proud That Canadian Literature Is Clean (1924)   40. Canadian Public Cold to Its Own Literature (1924)   41. Thinks Modern Flapper Will Be Strict Mother (1924)   42. Symposium on Canadian Fiction in Which Canadian Authors Express Their Preferences (1924)   43. Something about L.M. Montgomery (1925)   44. L.M. Montgomery’s Rilla of Ingleside: A Reader’s Journal (1925)  ALTAIR   45. Famous Author and Simple Mother (1925)  NORMA PHILLIPS MUIR   46. The Day before Yesterday (1927)  L.M. MONTGOMERY MACDONALD   47. Who’s Who in Canadian Literature: L.M. Montgomery (1927)  V.B. RHODENIZER   48. About Canadian Writers: L.M. Montgomery, the Charming Author of “Anne” (1927)  KATHERINE HALE   49. On Being of the Tribe of Joseph (1927)  AUSTIN BOTHWELL   50. Minister’s Wife and Authoress (1928)  C.L. COWAN   51. An Autobiographical Sketch (1929)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   52. Modern Girl Defined by Noted Writer (1929)   53. L.M. Montgomery’s Ideas (1930)   54. The ’Teen-Age Girl (1931)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   55. Anne of Green Gables at Home (1931)  A.V. BROWN   56. An Open Letter from a Minister’s Wife (1931)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   57. Life Has Been Interesting (1933)  MRS. L.M. MACDONALD (L.M. MONTGOMERY)   58. The Importance of Beauty in Everything (1933)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   5.9 From Courageous Women (1934)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   60. Author to Get No Profit as Green Gables Filmed (1934)   61. Film Preview of Noted Novel Honors Canadian Woman Writer (1934)   62. Is This My Anne (1935)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   63. Foreword to Up Came the Moon, by Jessie Findlay Brown (1936)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   64. Come Back with Me to Prince Edward Island (1936)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   65. Memories of Childhood Days (1936)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   66. The Mother of the Anne Series – Lucy M. Montgomery (1937)  EVA-LIS WUORIO, TRANSLATED BY VAPPU KANNAS   67. The Book and the Film (1937)   68. For and about Girls (1937)  L.M. MONTGOMERY   69. Prince Edward Island (1939)  L.M. MONTGOMERY, OBE   70. Beloved Writer Addresses Several Aurora Gatherings (1940)   71. Noted Author Dies Suddenly at Home Here (1942)   72. Lucy Maud Montgomery (1942)   73. L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne” (1942)   74. Body of Island’s Beloved Authoress Home for Burial (1942)   75. Island Writer Laid to Rest at Cavendish (1942)   76. The Creator of “Anne” (1942)   77. [L.M. Montgomery’s Last Poem] (1942)   78. L.M. Montgomery \/ Mrs. (Rev.) Ewen Macdonald (1942)   79. L.M. Montgomery as a Letter-Writer (1942)  E. WEBER   80. L.M. Montgomery’s “Anne” (1944) E. WEBER       Epilogue: Anne of Green Gables – The Story of the Photoplay (1920)   ARABELLA BOONE      Sources   Bibliography   Index\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409157464407,"sku":"9781487526023","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781487526023.jpg?v=1730505680","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-l-m-montgomery-reader-9781487526023","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}