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Robertson Davies: Magician of Words

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Born in Thamesville, Ontario, a student at Queens University in Kingston in the 1930s, and editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, playwright, essayist, critic, professor, and novelist Robertson Davies was one of Canadas pre-eminent literary voices for more than a half-century.

Davies, with his generous beard and donnish manner, was the very epitome of the man of letters, a term he abhorred. Best known for his Deptford Trilogy of novels , he also wrote two other trilogies and was at work on the third volume of another trilogy when he died. With a life as rich in character and colour as that found in his fiction and essays, Davies had a great fondness for magic and myth, both of which are found in abundance in his work, along with a prodigious streak of wry humour.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dundurn

Release: March 23, 2009

ISBN: 1550028723

ISBN 13: 9781550028720

Robertson Davies: Magician of Words

4/5 ( ratings)

Born in Thamesville, Ontario, a student at Queens University in Kingston in the 1930s, and editor and later publisher of the Peterborough Examiner from the 1940s to the mid-1960s, playwright, essayist, critic, professor, and novelist Robertson Davies was one of Canadas pre-eminent literary voices for more than a half-century.

Davies, with his generous beard and donnish manner, was the very epitome of the man of letters, a term he abhorred. Best known for his Deptford Trilogy of novels , he also wrote two other trilogies and was at work on the third volume of another trilogy when he died. With a life as rich in character and colour as that found in his fiction and essays, Davies had a great fondness for magic and myth, both of which are found in abundance in his work, along with a prodigious streak of wry humour.

Language: English

Pages: 192

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Dundurn

Release: March 23, 2009

ISBN: 1550028723

ISBN 13: 9781550028720

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