Beautiful Girlhood, a Double Life: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Margaret Laurence, and Alice Munro

SMC Author

Carol Beran

SMC Affiliated Work

1

Status

Faculty

School

School of Liberal Arts

Department

English

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Publication / Conference / Sponsorship

American Review of Canadian Studies

Description/Abstract

Both Alice Munro and Margaret Laurence have named L.M. Montgomery’s work— particularly her books about Emily—as childhood readings that are central to their development as writers. This essay explores how Montgomery’s three books about Emily—Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, and Emily’s Quest—provide a persisting imaginary that The Diviners by Laurence and Who Do You Think You Are? by Munro reflect.

Keywords

L.M. Montgomery, Emily of New Moon, Emily Climbs, Emily’s Quest, Alice Munro, Who Do You Think You Are?, Margaret Laurence, The Diviners, imaginaries

Scholarly

yes

DOI

10.1080/02722011.2015.1034284

Volume

45

Issue

2

First Page

148

Last Page

160

Disciplines

English Language and Literature

Comments

Print and online.

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02722011.2015.1034284

Original Citation

Beran, Carol. “Beautiful Girlhood, a Double Life: Lucy Maud Montgomery, Margaret Laurence, and Alice Munro.” American Review of Canadian Studies 45.2 (2015): 148-60. Print and online. doi:10.1080/02722011.2015.1034284

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