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[Ross, Sinclair : Interview]

Item number (ISN):

475623

Series title:

Canadian Writers on Tape

Hierarchical level:

Item (Accession level)

Date:

1970-11-12 ?

Item number (ISN):

475623

Type of material:

Sound recordings

Found in:

Archives / Film, Video and Sound

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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:

1970-11-12 ?

Production company:

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Production credit:

interviewer, Earle Toppings

Description:

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Interview of Canadian writer and novelist Sinclair Ross, by Earle Toppings of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, about: Sinclair Ross, reasons for his failure to make greater literary impact; literature, the difficulty for Western Canadians to get published; Sinclair Ross, the idea and publication of his novel As for Me And My House, his Saskatchewan back ground as major source material for his writing, his interest in themes of survival and crime in his writings, his motivation to write due to an urge to communicate, his work in a bank to support his writing career, the character of Phillip in As For Me And My House, his writing as unconscious description of his surroundings, ideas for writing as a slow process of growth; Sinclair Ross, his past and current reading habits, his various places of residence during his lifetime, his recent novel A Whirl of Gold; Sinclair Ross, his fascination with the criminal mind, the theme of human survival in his writing; literature, the contrasts between rural survival and urban survival as literary themes; Sinclair Ross, his non-commercial writing style, his desire to be remembered as a good writer. <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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Vault ISN:

701065

Format:

SOUND

Location number:

1975-0173/6

Number of items:

1

Kind of sound:

R/R

Duration:

30:00

Made from:

DEPOSIT

Status:

ORIG
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Open

Copyright owner:

Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

Reproduction access:

restricted

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