Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life (Goodread Biographies) - Softcover
Hugh MacLennan is one of Canada's great writers. Five-time winner of the Governor General's Award, his work includes some of the best loved and most read Canadian novels of all time: Two Solitudes, The Watch That Ends the Night, Barometer Rising.
In this widely praised biography, written with the full cooperation of MacLennan, Elspeth Cameron describes his early life in Nova Scotia, his complex relationships with his father and mother, and the many reverses until his first great success in 1941 with Barometer Rising. Cameron's critical assessment of his work, up to and including the dense, experimental Voices in Time, places MacLennan firmly among the first rank of 20th century Canadian nationalist intellectuals, along with Harold Innes, Donald Creighton and George Grant.
Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life is a sympathetic and perceptive account that explores the many fascinating links between MacLennan's life and his writings.
In this widely praised biography, written with the full cooperation of MacLennan, Elspeth Cameron describes his early life in Nova Scotia, his complex relationships with his father and mother, and the many reverses until his first great success in 1941 with Barometer Rising. Cameron's critical assessment of his work, up to and including the dense, experimental Voices in Time, places MacLennan firmly among the first rank of 20th century Canadian nationalist intellectuals, along with Harold Innes, Donald Creighton and George Grant.
Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life is a sympathetic and perceptive account that explores the many fascinating links between MacLennan's life and his writings.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
ELSPETH CAMERON is the editor of a collection of Hugh MacLennan essays and a biographer of Canadian authors.
Review:
"Deeply understanding of its subject, this impressive biography does justice to the man and his work." (Margaret Laurence)
"A deftly drawn and well-rounded assessment." (University of British Columbia Medal for Biography Citation)
"This book captures the sense of what MacLennan has meant for a whole generation." (Ken Adachi Toronto Star)
"A deftly drawn and well-rounded assessment." (University of British Columbia Medal for Biography Citation)
"This book captures the sense of what MacLennan has meant for a whole generation." (Ken Adachi Toronto Star)
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherGoodread Biography
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0887801048
- ISBN 13 9780887801044
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages428
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Hugh Maclennan: A Writer's Life
Published by
Goodread Biographies
(1983)
ISBN 10: 0887801048
ISBN 13: 9780887801044
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.54. Seller Inventory # G0887801048I5N00
Buy Used
US$ 7.58
Convert currency