Margaret Laurence Writes Africa and Canada

by Laura K. Davis

Book Overview

Margaret Laurence Writes Africa and Canada is the first book to examine how Laurence addresses decolonization and nation building in 1950s Somalia and Ghana, and 1960s and 1970s English Canada. Focusing on Laurence's published works as well as her unpublished letters not yet discussed by critics, the book articulates how Laurence and her characters are poised between African colonies of occupation during decolonization and the settler-colony of English...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1771121475
• ISBN13: 9781771121477
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"