Robertson Davies
A Mingling of Contrarieties
Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press · Print & ebook · July 3, 2001
This collection of essays on the writing of Robertson Davies addresses the basic problems in reading his work by looking at the topics of doubling, disguise, irony, paradox, and dwelling in "gaps" or spaces "in between." The essays present new insights on a broad range of topics in Davies oeuvre and represent one of the first major discussions devoted to Davies' work since his death in 1995.
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- Who it’s for
- Essays examine how doubling, disguise, irony, paradox, and gaps shape reading Davies.
- Genres
- Canadian Lit Crit, 20th-Century Literary Criticism, Essay Collections
- Published
- Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press, July 3, 2001
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This collection of essays on the writing of Robertson Davies addresses the basic problems in reading his work by looking at the topics of doubling, disguise, irony, paradox, and dwelling in "gaps" or spaces "in between." The essays present new insights on a broad range of topics in Davies oeuvre and represent one of the first major discussions devoted to Davies' work since his death in 1995. Publishled in English.
Davies’s Contrarieties
Essays examine how doubling, disguise, irony, paradox, and gaps shape reading Davies.
Come here for
- Essays on doubling and disguise in Davies’s writing
- Attention to irony and paradox
Expect
- Discussion of dwelling in gaps and spaces “in between”
- New insights across Davies’s work
Where it sits
| Canadian Lit Crit | 99% |
|---|---|
| Essay Collections | 42% |
| 20th-Century Literary Criticism | 38% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Canadian Lit Crit
- Authors
- Camille La Bossière, Linda M. Morra, Camille R. La Bossière
- Publisher
- Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa/University of Ottawa Press
- Published
- July 3, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Canadian Lit Crit