Selected letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman

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Selected letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman

Over a period of forty years, from 1947 to 1986, Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman wrote to each other constantly. The topics they wrote about were as wide-ranging as their interests and experiences, and their correspondence encompassed many of the varied events of their lives. Laurence's letters - of which far more are extant than Wiseman's - reveal much about the impact of her years in Africa, motherhood, her anxieties and insecurities, and her development as a writer.

Wiseman, whose literary success came early in her career, provided a sympathetic ear and constant encouragement to Laurence. The editors' selection has been directed by an interest in these women as friends and writers. Their experiences in the publishing world offer an engaging perspective on literary apprenticeship, rejection, and success. The letters reveal the important role both women played in the buoyant cultural nationalism of the 1960s and 1970s.

This valuable collection of previously unpublished primary material will be essential to scholars working in Canadian literature and of great interest to the general reading public.

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English
Pages
424

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Selected letters of Margaret Laurence and Adele Wiseman
1997, University of Toronto Press
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Edition Notes

Includes index.

Published in
Toronto, Buffalo

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54, B
Library of Congress
PR9199.3.L33 Z493 1997, PR9199.3.L33Z493 199

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 424 p. :
Number of pages
424

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL316823M
Internet Archive
selectedletterso0000laur
ISBN 10
0802042473, 0802080901
LCCN
97228619, cn97931364
OCLC/WorldCat
37369928
Library Thing
758864
Goodreads
2237444
317761

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