The Underpainter
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The Underpainter
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Author : Jane Urquhart
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-09-18
The Underpainter written by Jane Urquhart and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-18 with Fiction categories.
The Underpainter is a novel of interwoven lives in which the world of art collides with the realm of human emotion. It is the story of Austin Fraser, an American painter now in his later years, who is haunted by memories of those whose lives most deeply touched his own, including a young Canadian soldier and china painter and the beautiful model who becomes Austin's mistress. Spanning decades, the setting moves from upstate New York to the northern shores of two Great Lakes; from France in World War One to New York City in the '20s and '30s. Brilliantly depicting landscape and the geography of the imagination, The Underpainter is Jane Urquhart's most accomplished novel to date.
Catching The Torch
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Author : Neta Gordon
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2014-03-25
Catching The Torch written by Neta Gordon and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-25 with Literary Criticism categories.
Catching the Torch examines contemporary novels and plays written about Canada’s participation in World War I. Exploring such works as Jane Urquhart’s The Underpainter and The Stone Carvers, Jack Hodgins’s Broken Ground, Kevin Kerr’s Unity (1918), Stephen Massicotte’s Mary’s Wedding, and Frances Itani’s Deafening, the book considers how writers have dealt with the compelling myth that the Canadian nation was born in the trenches of the Great War. In contrast to British and European remembrances of WWI, which tend to regard it as a cataclysmic destroyer of innocence, or Australian myths that promote an ideal of outsize masculinity, physical bravery, and white superiority, contemporary Canadian texts conjure up notions of distinctively Canadian values: tolerance of ethnic difference, the ability to do one’s duty without complaint or arrogance, and the inclination to show moral as well as physical courage. Paradoxically, Canadians are shown to decry the horrors of war while making use of its productive cultural effects. Through a close analysis of the way sacrifice, service, and the commemoration of war are represented in these literary works, Catching the Torch argues that iterations of a secure mythic notion of national identity, one that is articulated via the representation of straightforward civic and military participation, work to counter current anxieties about the stability of the nation-state, in particular anxieties about the failure of the ideal of a national “character.”
Jane Urquhart
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Author : Laura Ferri
language : en
Publisher: Guernica Editions
Release Date : 2005
Jane Urquhart written by Laura Ferri and has been published by Guernica Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Collections categories.
Jane Urquhart has published three books of poetry, a collection of short stories and five best-selling novels. Her fiction has won many honours including Canada's 1997 Governor General's Award, and France's prestigious Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger. She lives in Ontario, Canada. The essays in this book investigate Jane Urquhart's interweaving of historical events, myth, folk tales, journeys and landscape with her acute perceptions of memory and self-transformation. The many critical voices in this collection invite readers to consider Jane Urquhart's very special vision of the world, one made up of migrations, dreams, spiritual quests and prophecy. Along with an interview with Urquhart recorded by the editor, there are essays by David Staines, Allan Hepburn, T.F. Rigelhof, Mary Conde, Caterina Ricciardi, John Moss, Marlene Goldman and Anne Compton.
Resurgence In Jane Urquhart S Uvre Inspired By The 48th Conference Of Professors Of English At The University Of Orl Ans May 16 18 2008
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Author : Héliane Daziron-Ventura
language : en
Publisher: Peter Lang
Release Date : 2010
Resurgence In Jane Urquhart S Uvre Inspired By The 48th Conference Of Professors Of English At The University Of Orl Ans May 16 18 2008 written by Héliane Daziron-Ventura and has been published by Peter Lang this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Continuity in literature categories.
"This volume was inspired by the 48th Conference of Professors of English at the University of Orleans (May 16-18, 2008)."
The Stone Carvers
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Author : Jane Urquhart
language : en
Publisher: Emblem Editions
Release Date : 2010-10-29
The Stone Carvers written by Jane Urquhart and has been published by Emblem Editions this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-10-29 with Fiction categories.
Set in the first half of the twentieth century, but reaching back to Bavaria in the late nineteenth century, The Stone Carvers weaves together the story of ordinary lives marked by obsession and transformed by art. At the centre of a large cast of characters is Klara Becker, the granddaughter of a master carver, a seamstress haunted by a love affair cut short by the First World War, and by the frequent disappearances of her brother Tilman, afflicted since childhood with wanderlust. From Ontario, they are swept into a colossal venture in Europe years later, as Toronto sculptor Walter Allward’s ambitious plans begin to take shape for a war memorial at Vimy, France. Spanning three decades, and moving from a German-settled village in Ontario to Europe after the Great War, The Stone Carvers follows the paths of immigrants, labourers, and dreamers. Vivid, dark, redemptive, this is novel of great beauty and power.
Changing Heaven
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Author : Jane Urquhart
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-09-18
Changing Heaven written by Jane Urquhart and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-18 with Fiction categories.
Two worlds are intertwined in this hauntingly beautiful story as it moves from Toronto to the English moors and to Venice, Italy. The time frame shifts between present and past, linking the lives of a young Brontë scholar (a woman in the throes of a troubled love affair), a turn-of-the-century female balloonist, and an elusive explorer with the ghost - or the memory - of Emily Brontë. Urquhart reveals something about the act of artistic creation, the ways in which stories enter our lives, and about the cyclical nature of love throughout time. This is a novel of darkness and light, of intense weather and inner calm.
A Map Of Glass
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Author : Jane Urquhart
language : en
Publisher: MP Publishing
Release Date : 2009-10-08
A Map Of Glass written by Jane Urquhart and has been published by MP Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-08 with Fiction categories.
An aging Andrew Woodman stumbles through a snowstorm, slowly losing his strength, his language, and his memories of the once-familiar island landscape around him. When Jerome, a young artist on a remote island retreat, discovers Andrew’s body frozen in the ice later that winter, the rich narrative tapestry of 'A Map of Glass' begins. One year after Andrew’s body is found, Sylvia Bradley — a withdrawn, sheltered woman whose secret affair with Andrew opened her eyes to the world outside her small home town — decides to learn more about her lover’s mysterious disappearance. She flees to the overwhelming, unknown city of Toronto on a quest to find Jerome. Once she does, they work together to uncover both the secrets of their own pasts and the breathtaking story of Andrew’s ancestors. With her celebrated lyrical prose and haunting imagery, Urquhart’s 'A Map of Glass' is a skillful exploration of love, loss, and the transitory nature of place.
Handbook Of Intermediality
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Author : Gabriele Rippl
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2015-07-24
Handbook Of Intermediality written by Gabriele Rippl and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-24 with Literary Criticism categories.
This handbook offers students and researchers compact orientation in their study of intermedial phenomena in Anglophone literary texts and cultures by introducing them to current academic debates, theoretical concepts and methodologies. By combining theory with text analysis and contextual anchoring, it introduces students and scholars alike to a vast field of research which encompasses concepts such as intermediality, multi- and plurimediality, intermedial reference, transmediality, ekphrasis, as well as related concepts such as visual culture, remediation, adaptation, and multimodality, which are all discussed in connection with literary examples. Hence each of the 30 contributions spans both a theoretical approach and concrete analysis of literary texts from different centuries and different Anglophone cultures.
Contemporary American Playwrights
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Author : C. W. E. Bigsby
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1999
Contemporary American Playwrights written by C. W. E. Bigsby and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Art categories.
A leading writer on American theatre explores the works and influences of ten contemporary American playwrights.
Speaking In The Past Tense
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Author : Herb Wyile
language : en
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Release Date : 2009-10-22
Speaking In The Past Tense written by Herb Wyile and has been published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-22 with Literary Criticism categories.
“Speaking in the Past Tense participates in an expanding critical dialogue on the writing of historical fiction, providing a series of reflections on the process from the perspective of those souls intrepid enough to step onto what is, practically by definition, contested territory.” — Herb Wyile, from the Introduction The extermination of the Beothuk ... the exploration of the Arctic ... the experiences of soldiers in the trenches during World War I ... the foibles of Canada’s longest-serving prime minister ... the Ojibway sniper who is credited with 378 wartime kills—these are just some of the people and events discussed in these candid and wide-ranging interviews with eleven authors whose novels are based on events in Canadian history. These sometimes startling conversations take the reader behind the scenes of the novels and into the minds of their authors. Through them we explore the writers’ motives for writing, the challenges they faced in gathering information and presenting it in fictional form, the sometimes hostile reaction they faced after publication, and, perhaps most interestingly, the stories that didn’t make it into their novels. Speaking in the Past Tense provides fascinating insights into the construction of national historical narratives and myths, both those familiar to us and those that are still being written.