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The Well-Tempered Critic (Davies)
''The Well-Tempered Critic: One man's view of the theatre and letters in Canada'' is a collection of essays by Canadian novelist and journalist Robertson Davies. The collection was edited by Judith Skelton Grant and published by McClelland and Stewart in 1981. The collection deals with Canadian literature and theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perform .... References *Davies, Robertson. ''The Well-Tempered Critic: One man's view of the theatre and letters in Canada''; ed. by Judith Skelton Grant, Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 1981. 1981 non-fiction books Books by Robertson Davies Books by Judith Skelton Grant McClelland & Stewart books Canadian essay collections Books about literature {{lit-book-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robertson Davies
William Robertson Davies (28 August 1913 – 2 December 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best known and most popular authors and one of its most distinguished " men of letters", a term Davies gladly accepted for himself. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate residential college associated with the University of Toronto. Biography Early life Davies was born in Thamesville, Ontario, the third son of William Rupert Davies and Florence Sheppard McKay. Growing up, Davies was surrounded by books and lively language. His father, senator of Kingston, Ontario, from 1942 to his death in 1967, was a newspaperman from Welshpool, Wales, and both parents were voracious readers. He followed in their footsteps and read everything he could. He also participated in theatrical productions as a child, where he developed a lifelong interest in drama. He spent his formative years in Renfrew, Ontario (and ren ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith Skelton Grant
Judith Skelton Grant (born 1941) is a Canadian writer, editor and biographer. Life Grant has written about Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen (September 21, 1934November 7, 2016) was a Canadian singer-songwriter, poet and novelist. His work explored religion, politics, isolation, depression, sexuality, loss, death, and romantic relationships. He was inducted in ... but she is better known for her editing of collections by novelist, theatre, playwright, criticism, critic, journalism, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies, as well as her biography of Davies, ''Robertson Davies: Man of Myth''. She most recently wrote "A Meeting of Minds: The Massey College Story", a history of the college where Davies served as the first Master. Selected bibliography As author * ''The Nature of Duty and the Problem of Passion in the Works of George Eliot'' — 1974 * ''Mavis Gallant and Her Works'' — 1989. * ''Robertson Davies: Man of Myth'', Viking, Toronto, 1994. (hard cove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |