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Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals of Emily Carr and Other Writings [Hardcover]

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For the first time in book form, here are the expurgated sections of Emily Carr's published journals, her important "Lecture on Totems" about Native art and people, and a selection of letters to and from several key figures in her life. The unpublished journal entries include long passages about her first meeting with Sophie Frank, a Squamish basketmaker who became a longtime friend, anguished meditations on her spiritual mission, musings about Native culture and the White community's reaction to it, and thoughts about her sisters and relatives. A good deal of space is devoted to the subjects of love and marriage.

Susan Crean's introductions to the book and to each of the three sections provide an illuminating context, both historical and cultural, for this previously unpublished material and assess its contribution to the story of Emily Carr.

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A collection of fresh "discoveries": previously unpublished writings from Emily Carr's journals, notebooks and correspondence that provide new insights into the life and character of a Canadian icon.
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The expurgated portions of the journals Emily Carr fall into two categories: one comprises passages, sometimes entire entries, left out of Hundreds and Thousands, and the other comprises a handful of short stories that are in the notebooks in which Carr kept her journals but are plainly not part of them. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars 42,000 words from Carr's previously published journals, April 14 2004
This review is from: Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals of Emily Carr and Other Writings (Hardcover)
Award-winning author and cultural critic Susan Crean gathers previously unpublished writings from Emily Carr's journals, notebooks, and epistles, as well as 42,000 words from Carr's previously published journals for inclusion into Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals Of Emily Carr And Other Writings. An absorbing and eclectic collection of discourse, the entries range from Carr's father's no-nonsense rendition of the facts of life, to the complete text of Carr's 1913 "Lecture on Totems" concerning Native imagery and Native people, Opposite Contraries is highly recommended -- especially for students of the life and work of Emily Carr, who although best known as an extraordinary painter, was also the author of seven quite popular and critically praised books.
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5.0 out of 5 stars 42,000 words from Carr's previously published journals, April 14 2004
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This review is from: Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals of Emily Carr and Other Writings (Hardcover)
Award-winning author and cultural critic Susan Crean gathers previously unpublished writings from Emily Carr's journals, notebooks, and epistles, as well as 42,000 words from Carr's previously published journals for inclusion into Opposite Contraries: The Unknown Journals Of Emily Carr And Other Writings. An absorbing and eclectic collection of discourse, the entries range from Carr's father's no-nonsense rendition of the facts of life, to the complete text of Carr's 1913 "Lecture on Totems" concerning Native imagery and Native people, Opposite Contraries is highly recommended -- especially for students of the life and work of Emily Carr, who although best known as an extraordinary painter, was also the author of seven quite popular and critically praised books.
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