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The intimate life of L.M. Montgomery
- Title
- The intimate life of L.M. Montgomery / edited by Irene Gammel.
- Publication
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2005], ©2005.
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- Additional Authors
- Gammel, Irene, 1959-
- Description
- xii, 305 pages : illustrations, portraits; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Who ultimately is L. M. Montgomery, and why was there such an obsession with secrecy, hiding, and encoding in her life and fiction? Delving into the life of Canada's most enigmatic writer, The Intimate Life of L. M. Montgomery addresses these questions. The eleven essays illuminate Montgomery's personal writings and photographic self-portraits and probe the ways in which she actively shaped her life as a work of art. This is the first book to investigate both these writings - which include thousands of pages in journals, a memoir, correspondence, and scrapbooks - and her photography." "This volume fills in many of the blanks surrounding Montgomery's personal life. Engaging and erudite, it is a boon for scholars and Montgomery fans alike."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction : life writing as masquerade : the many faces of L. M. Montgomery / Irene Gammel -- Pt. 1. Staging the bad girl -- 1. '... where has my yellow garter gone?' : the diary of L. M. Montgomery and Nora Lefurgey -- 2. The 'secret' diary of Maud Montgomery, aged 28 1/4 / Jennifer H. Litster -- 3. Nora, Maud, and Isabel : summoning voices in diaries and memories / Mary Beth Cavert -- Pt. 2. Confessions and body writing -- 4. 'I loved Herman Leard madly' : L. M. Montgomery's confession of desire / Irene Gammel -- 5. Veils and gaps : the private worlds of Amy Andrew and L. M. Montgomery, 1910-1914 / Mary McDonald-Rissanen -- 6. '... the refuge of my sick spirit ...' : L. M. Montgomery and the shadows of depression / Janice Fiamengo -- Pt. 3. Writing for an intimate audience -- 7. Visual drama : capturing life in L. M. Montgomery's scrapbooks / Elizabeth R. Epperly -- 8. 'I hear what you say' : soundings in L. M. Montgomery's life writings / Joy Alexander -- 9. Epistolary performance : writing Mr. Weber / Paul Tiessen and Hildi Froese Tiessen -- Pt. 4. Where life writing meets fiction -- 10. 'See my journal for the full story' : fictions of truth in Anne of Green Gables and L. M. Montgomery's journals / Cecily Devereux -- 11. The hectic flush : the fiction and reality of consumption in L. M. Montgomery's life / Melissa Prycer -- 12. Untangling the web : L. M. Montgomery's later journals and fiction, 1929-1939 / Mary Rubio and Elizabeth Waterston.
- ISBN
- 0802089240 (bound) :
- 0802086764 (pbk.) :
- OCLC
- ocm56318859
- SCSB-5171807
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries