Professing English : : A Life of Roy Daniells /

Professing English : : A Life of Roy Daniells / / Sandra Djwa.

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Sandra Djwa has provided readers with a fascinating artifact: a cultural biography with a human face. Roy Daniells (1902-1979), an English professor who finished his career at the University of British Columbia, and an outstanding scholar, teacher and poet, influenced at least four generations of st...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UTP eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2015
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Djwa, Sandra,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2016]
©2002
Year of Publication:2016
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Prologue
  • Part One. The Beginnings: 1902-1930
  • 1. Plymouth Brother
  • 2. Breakdown
  • 3. Rescue
  • Part Two. University of Toronto: 1930-1937
  • 4. A New World
  • 5. Following the Path
  • 6. Love and Politics
  • 7. Europe
  • 8. A Narrow Circle
  • 9. Professing English
  • Part Three. University of Manitoba: 1937-1946
  • 10. 'This Winnipeg!'
  • 11. The End of an Era'
  • 12. 'O Canada'
  • 13. Casting Anchor
  • Part Four. University of British Columbia: 1946-1960
  • 14. Anatomy of a Department
  • 15. The New Head
  • 16. 'The Revolt of the Dukes'
  • 17. Developing English
  • 18. A Canadian Literature
  • Part Five. University of British Columbia: 1960-1970
  • 19. The Lions'Den
  • 20. Academic Publishing
  • 21. University Professor
  • Part Six. Vancouver: 1970-1979
  • 22. The River of Time
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Illustration Credits
  • Index

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