Peter Goddard’s article “Genesis of Anne of Green Gables,” about Irene Gammel’s exhibition of Anne materials, appeared in the Toronto Star on Saturday—it can be accessed here.
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Storm and Dissonance: L.M. Montgomery and Conflict (2008)
Edited by Jean Mitchell
This collection of essays explores the darker side of L.M. Montgomery’s fiction and life writing. An international best-selling novelist, Montgomery’s many novels, particularly Anne of Green Gables, have enchanted readers for over a century. However, Montgomery’s own disenchantment made evident with the posthumous publication of her private journals, ruptured the easy conflation of Montgomery as author and person. The tension between public enchantment and private discontent informs Montgomery’s work and life. Read more....Archives
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