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[Laurence, Margaret : Interview]

Item number (ISN):

475618

Series title:

Canadian Writers on Tape

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1970-04-30 ?

Item number (ISN):

475618

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Fonds/collection:

ONTARIO INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN EDUCATION / INSTITUT D'ÉTUDES PÉDAGOGIQUES DE L'ONTARIO

Accession:

1975-0173

Media:

Sound

Part:

1 of 1

Production date:

1970-04-30 ?

Production company:

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Production credit:

interviewer, Earle Toppings

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Interview of Canadian writer and novelist Margaret Laurence by Earle Toppings of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, about:Margaret Laurence, her childhood on the Prairies, her university days in Winnipeg, her experience as a journalist on the Winnipeg Citizen, the influence of her stepmother, influence of early family deaths on her writing, her childhood experiences reflected in The Bird in the House, influences of grandfather and great-uncle on her life; literature, writing as a voyage of self-discovery; Margaret Laurence, her writings as attempt to reconcile her background, the character of Hagar in The Stone Angel; literature, fiction as the best vehicle to reveal truth, the advantages of writing in the first person; Margaret Laurence, her books written in the first person, her concern for ordinary individuals in modern society, her writing as an act of faith, the importance of individuals in her writings, the characterization of Stacy in The Fire-Dwellers, themes of survival and inner freedom in her characters, her African novels, her need to write of her own background, her feelings as a writer in Canada, the impossibility of immortality for writers. <30mn>

Language:

English

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1. Produced, recorded, and copyrighted by the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at 315 Queen Street East, Toronto.
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