Whereas previous studies focus on certain aspects of her work, Divining Margaret Laurence addresses all her important writings, including a final, unfinished manuscript - "Dance on the Earth: A Memoir." This comprehensive study of her writings, including archival material, allows Nora Stovel to trace the development of Laurence's Canadian identity, feminist sympathies, moral vision, and creative artistry.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [369]-388) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 813/.54
- Dewey Decimal Edition Number
- 22
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- ISBN
- 0773534377 9780773575035
- LCCN
- PR9199.3.L33
- LCCN Item number
- Z87 2008eb
- Modifying agency
- DLC
- Original cataloging agency
- NLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xxi, 406 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)slc00223672 (OCoLC)752265184 (CaOOCEL)427981
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- NLC
Table of Contents
- Contents 6
- Preface 10
- Acknowledgments 14
- Chronology of Margaret Laurence’s Life and Works 16
- Books 18
- Abbreviations 20
- PART ONE: Beginnings: “A Place to Stand On” 24
- 1 Introduction: “The Promised Land of One’s Own Inner Freedom” 26
- 2 “Embryo Words”: Laurence’s Early Writings 59
- 3 Heart of a Stranger: Laurence’s Life-Journey 82
- PART TWO: The African Texts: “A Seven Years’ Love Affair with a Continent” 108
- 4 “A Labour of Love”: A Tree for Poverty: Somali Poetry and Prose 110
- 5 “The Sleeping Giant”: Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952–1966 130
- 6 “The Face of Africa”: The Prophet’s Camel Bell, This Side Jordan, and The Tomorrow-Tamer 146
- PART THREE: The Canadian Texts: “A Small-Town Prairie Person” 176
- 7 “A Town of the Mind”: Laurence’s Mythical Microcosm of Manawaka 178
- 8 “A Holy Terror”: Hagar, Hero(ine) of The Stone Angel 195
- 9 “Sisters under Their Skins”: A Jest of God and The Fire-Dwellers 226
- 10 “Death and Love”: Romance and Reality in A Bird in the House 248
- 11 “(W)Rites of Passage”: A Portrait of the Writer in The Diviners 268
- 12 “Dance on the Earth”: Laurence’s Unfinished Novel 288
- PART FOUR: Endings: “Full Circle” 306
- 13 Snow Angels and Monarch Butterflies: Laurence’s Children’s Fiction 308
- 14 Lady of the Dance: Choreographing a Life in Dance on the Earth: A Memoir 326
- 15 “The Mystery at the Core of Life”: Closure in the Texts, Career, and Life of Margaret Laurence 343
- Notes 356
- Works Cited 392
- Index 412
- A 412
- B 413
- C 414
- D 415
- E 416
- F 416
- G 416
- H 417
- I 418
- J 418
- K 418
- L 419
- M 422
- N 423
- O 424
- P 424
- Q 425
- R 425
- S 425
- T 427
- U 427
- V 427
- W 427
- X 428
- Y 429
