Recognition and Revelation: Short Nonfiction Writings - Laurence, Margaret; Stovel, Nora Foster

Clean, tight, unmarked; spine straight and uncreased; appears unread; In this book Stovel brings together Laurence's short nonfiction works. These works, including over 50 essays and addresses that span Laurence's writing career from the 1960s to the 1980s, reveal her passionate concern for Canadian literature and for the land and peoples of Canada. The texts range from essays on Laurence's own writings and on other works of Canadian literature to autobiographical essays, several focusing on environmental concerns, to sociopolitical essays and writing advocating for peace and nuclear disarmament. By revealing Laurence as a socially and politically committed artist, this collection of lively and provocative essays illuminates the undercurrents of her creative writing and places her fiction - often informed by her nonfiction writing - in a new light.
Near Fine
Soft cover
McGill-Queen's University Press
2020
Montreal, QC