Alien Heart: The Life and Work of Margaret LaurenceToday, almost two decades after her death, Margaret Laurence remains one of Canada's best-known and most beloved writers. Twice winner Canada's prestigious Governor General's Award for fiction, she was, as the late William French wrote, "more profoundly admired than any other Canadian novelist of her generation." |
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... voice replaces the voices of his lost kin , who had called , “ Adamo — where are you ? Adamo — where are we ? " The new voice as- sures him , " You are here " ( 218 ) . A stranger estranged in his own land has come , still a stranger ...
... voice from her past . It is a voice connected to the theme of " unspoiled goodness and health , " now tragically spoiled , and associated specifi- cally with the Aboriginal motif ( its origin in those Cree “ with enig- matic faces and ...
... Voice " shows further progress in her attitude to the past . By " time " she means not clock time but " historical time , variable and fluctuating . " By " narrative voice " she means something very like Henry James's " point of view ...
Contents
Small Town Girl | 31 |
Leaning into the Future | 51 |
Citizen Peg | 73 |
Copyright | |
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