Irving Layton: A portrait

Cameron, Elspeth

Stoddart

Scrupulously researched, beautifully written and insightful, 'IRVING LAYTON' is an accomplished portrait of an extraordinary figure. With this book we have the ﬁrst detailed account of Layton's often tempestuous and controversial public and private life. As a critical evaluation of Layton's literary career, it is without equal. Cameron explores Layton's artistic and personal development and investigates his friendships and associations with many of the major writers oi this century. Elspeth Cameron is well known for her thorough and critically acclaimed biography, 'HUGH MacLENNAN: A WRITER'S LIFE', as well as numerous 'mini-portraits' of well known Canadian writers and personalities. Elspeth Cameron is coordinator oi the Canadian Literature Programme at New College, University of Toronto. Critical Praise for Elspeth Cameron's IRVING LAYTON: A PORTRAIT: "One of the best biographies published in Canada in recent years. " Michael Bliss, author of 'BANTING' and 'THE DISCOVERY OF INSULIN' . . reads with grace . . . Cameron makes both Layton's inner life, his travels, romances and his celebrated encounters feel palpable. And the unique quality of Layton's verse, the cutting edge of his creativity, the images which haunted and defined him-these are all discussed with unpedantic ease. " Ken Adachi, Toronto Star "Layton broke the ice for poetry in Canada, and this rich and fascinating book helps secure him in our mythology." John Metcali "Her book is a joy, a masterful combination of literary analysis and storytelling . . . May God give all men and women as excellent a biographer as Elspeth Cameron. " Geottrey Molyneux, Vancouver Province

Irving Layton a Portrait

Stoddart+publishing

Hugh MacLennan is one of Canada's great writers. Five-time winner of the Governor General's Award, his work includes some of the best loved and most read Canadian novels of all time: Two Solitudes, The Watch That Ends the Night, Barometer Rising.In this widely praised biography, written with the full cooperation of MacLennan, Elspeth Cameron describes his early life in Nova Scotia, his complex relationships with his father and mother, and the many reverses until his first great success in 1941 with Barometer Rising. Cameron's critical assessment of his work, up to and including the dense, experimental Voices in Time, places MacLennan firmly among the first rank of 20th century Canadian nationalist intellectuals, along with Harold Innes, Donald Creighton and George Grant.Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life is a sympathetic and perceptive account that explores the many fascinating links between MacLennan's life and his writings.

Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life

Literature & Fiction

History & Criticism

Univ of Toronto Pr

Hugh MacLennan: A Writer's Life (Goodread Biographies)

Biographies & Memoirs

Arts & Literature

Goodread Biography

Governor General’s Literary Award-nominated biographer Elspeth Cameron turns her eye on a member of her own family in this fascinating study of an Edwardian woman. Winnie Cameron, Elspeth’s aunt, was born in Seattle, raised briefly in Dawson City, and then moved to Toronto to live in Rosedale with her family in the 1910s. Enjoying status as a member of Toronto’s ruling Anglophile elite, she became a perpetual debutante – a lifestyle that left her bankrupt, unable to cope with the demands of her changing times. Aunt Winnie is not just a study of one socialite’s rise and fall. Over the course of her life, Winnie saw the city change from one dominated by the English and Scottish immigrants, horse-drawn buggies, to a multicultural city where the car reigned supreme. Her life is embedded in a greater story about Toronto of the early 20th century.

Aunt Winnie

Community & Culture

Cormorant Books

All but forgotten, Frances Loring and Florence Wyle were major forces in establishing Canadian sculpture and the style of Canadian national monuments. Frances and Florence met in 1906 at the Chicago Art Institute, where Florence was a teacher and Frances a student. Immediately forming a connection that would endure the rest of their lives, they moved together in 1910 to a studio in bohemian Greenwich Village, before relocating to the more conservative city of Toronto. Removed from the Modernist movement that began to sweep the United States soon after their departure, Frances and Florence took up residence in a converted church where they entertained such prominent Canadian artists as Emmanuel Hahn, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, and Group of Seven member A.Y. Jackson. And Beauty Answers by Elspeth Cameron reexamines the Girls’ careers, from their early days struggling to be recognized in a man’s profession, to their final days in separate rooms of a nursing home. Whatever the full extent of their relationship, the Girls continue to be defined as much by the bond they shared as by the works they created. And Beauty Answers explores a partnership that helped shape the landscape of Canadian art.

And Beauty Answers: The Life of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle

Cormorant Books Inc.

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