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- English
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Margaret Laurence is justly famous for her Manawaka cycle of Canadian novels, but her work extends from Canada to Africa and includes poetry and prose, children's and adult literature, memoir and travel-writing.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Margaret Laurenceās Life and Works
- Books by Margaret Laurence
- Abbreviations
- Part One Beginnings: āA Place to Stand Onā
- Chapter 1 Introduction: āThe Promised Land of Oneās Own Inner Freedomā
- Chapter 2 āEmbryo Wordsā: Laurenceās Early Writings
- Chapter 3 Heart of a Stranger: Laurenceās Life-Journey
- Part Two The African Texts: āA Seven Yearsā Love Affair with a Continentā
- Chapter 4 āA Labour of Loveā: A Tree for Poverty: Somali Poetry and Prose
- Chapter 5 āThe Sleeping Giantā: Long Drums and Cannons: Nigerian Dramatists and Novelists, 1952ā1966
- Chapter 6 āThe Face of Africaā: The Prophetās Camel Bell, This Side Jordan, and The Tomorrow-Tamer
- Part Three The Canadian Texts: āA Small-Town Prairie Personā
- Chapter 7 āA Town of the Mindā: Laurenceās Mythical Microcosm of Manawaka
- Chapter 8 āA Holy Terrorā: Hagar, Hero(ine) of The Stone Angel
- Chapter 9 āSisters under Their Skinsā: A Jest of God and The Fire-Dwellers
- Chapter 10 āDeath and Loveā: Romance and Reality in A Bird in the House
- Chapter 11 ā(W)Rites of Passageā: A Portrait of the Writer in The Diviners
- Chapter 12 āDance on the Earthā: Laurenceās Unfinished Novel
- Part Four Endings: āFull Circleā
- Chapter 13 Snow Angels and Monarch Butterflies: Laurenceās Childrenās Fiction
- Chapter 14 Lady of the Dance: Choreographing a Life in Dance on the Earth: A Memoir
- Chapter 15 āThe Mystery at the Core of Lifeā: Closure in the Texts, Career, and Life of Margaret Laurence
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
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