Umfang:
viii, 293 Seiten :
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Illustrationen ;
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24 cm.
ISBN:
978-0-22800369-4
Inhalt:
"Despite her trail-blazing efforts to represent the work of Canadian writers to publishers in North America and abroad, Doris Hedges (1896-1972), the Montreal author who started Canada's first literary agency in 1946, is routinely excluded from Canadian literary histories. In Who Was Doris Hedges? Robert Lecker provides a detailed account of her remarkable career. Hedges published several novels, short stories, and books of poetry, moved in Montreal literary circles, did a stint as a radio broadcaster, and provided reports to the Wartime Information Board during World War II, possibly as an American spy. She lived a privileged life in the Golden Square Mile district of downtown Montreal with her husband, Geoffrey Hedges, a member of the Benson and Hedges tobacco empire. The more one uncovers about Hedges' life, the more one discovers a courageous figure who was exploring many of the conflicted issues of her day: the rise of juvenile delinquency, the suppression of female sexuality, the place of women in business and finance, the difficulties confronting the publishing industry in the years leading up to and following the war. Mixing lively biographical commentary with literary analysis, Who Was Doris Hedges? is a vivid account of a writer's life and concerns during a period when Canada's literature was coming of age."--
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction -- 1896-1939 -- 1939-1945 -- 1946-1948 -- 1949-1952 -- 1953-1956 -- 1957-1972
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Lecker, Robert, 1951- Who was Doris Hedges? Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2020 ISBN 0228004772
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780228004776
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
1896-1972 Hedges, Doris
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Biografie
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Biography
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collective biographies
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Biographies
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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Biografie
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