Divining Margaret Laurence
A Study of Her Complete Writings
Description
Margaret Laurence is justly famous for her Manawaka cycle of Canadian novels, but her work extends from Canada to Africa and includes poetry and prose, children's and adult literature, memoir and travel-writing.
Reviews
"Stovel's sensitive and intelligent construction discovers an important and breathtaking addition to Laurence studies." Great Plains Quarterly.
"This is the first book that ranges across all of Laurence's work - and does so intelligently and accessibly. Divining Margaret Laurence is sorely needed." Neil Besner, associate vice-president, International, University of Winnipeg
"Stovel is arguably the pre-eminent Laurence scholar in Canada and has brought decades of scholarship to what may be considered the most comprehensive and definitive study of Laurence yet - considering the large number of writings about Laurence, it is su
"Stovel inserts such a prodigious amount of original scholarship and lively commentary into her exhaustive overview that even a small taste will almost certainly draw even the casual grazer into a full feasting." American Review of Canadian Studies