On the Front Line of Life
Stephen Leacock: Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Canadian, Nonfiction, History, Canada, Essays & Letters, Essays
| Author: | Alan Bowker | ISBN: | 9781459721128 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn | Publication: | November 1, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Dundurn | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alan Bowker |
| ISBN: | 9781459721128 |
| Publisher: | Dundurn |
| Publication: | November 1, 2004 |
| Imprint: | Dundurn |
| Language: | English |
In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address the issues he cared about most - education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world - and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts, and times, these essays reveal a passionate, intellegent, personal Leacock, against a backdrop of Depression and war, finding hope and conveying the timeless message that only the human spirit can bring social justice, peace, and progress.
In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address the issues he cared about most - education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world - and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts, and times, these essays reveal a passionate, intellegent, personal Leacock, against a backdrop of Depression and war, finding hope and conveying the timeless message that only the human spirit can bring social justice, peace, and progress.
