Abstract
The deaths of Earle Birney and Robertson Davies late in 1995 reminded readers of Canadian literature that the old order—those writers born before the First World War—was quickly passing. Of the major figures born in the early years of this century (Birney, Davies, Callaghan, MacLennan, Ross), only Ross was still living at the beginning of 1996, albeit in very poor health in a nursing home in Vancouver.
Highlights
The deaths of Earle Birney and Robertson Davies late in 1995 reminded readers of Canadian literature that the old order—those writers born before the First World War—was quickly passing
Unlike Cameron, or Judith Skelton Grant, Sullivan was dealing with the life of a deceased writer, and could offer something like a whole life of her subject— inasmuch as such wholeness is really ever possible
Sullivan has found a judicious balance in Shadow Maker, offering an engaging, empathetic, and dramatic narrative about MacEwen’s life and her own search for the story without irritating the reader through excessive self-reflexiveness
Summary
The deaths of Earle Birney and Robertson Davies late in 1995 reminded readers of Canadian literature that the old order—those writers born before the First World War—was quickly passing.
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