A collection of writings from Robertson Davies including: reminiscences, speeches, book reviews, parodies essays and fragments of his unpublished diary. Subjects covered by the essays include: art fakery, schooldays, the differences between Canadians and Americans, Thackery, Ibsen, writing and reading.
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The Merry Heart: Reflections on Books, Art, Writing, Morality and Magic by Robertson Davies
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Table of Contents
A rake at reading; a chapter on autobiography; literature in a country without a mythology; painting, fiction and faking; can a doctor be a humanist; reviewing Graham Greene; the novelist and magic; my early literary life; literature and technology; a Canadian author; literature and moral purpose; the McFiggin fragment; reading; writing; Christmas books; world of wonders; convocation address; the peeled eye; a view of winter - creativity in old age; honouring Mavis Gallant; an unlikely masterpiece; a Christmas Carol re-harmonized; fiction of the future; a ghost story.
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GOR002045648
9780670873661
0670873667
The Merry Heart: Reflections on Books, Art, Writing, Morality and Magic by Robertson Davies
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