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Biography & Autobiography Literary

Stephen Leacock

The Sage of Orillia

by (author) James Doyle

Publisher
ECW Press
Initial publish date
Apr 1995
Category
Literary
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781550222388
    Publish Date
    Apr 1995
    List Price
    $15.95

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Description

As the foremost literary humorist of his day, Stephen Leacock enjoyed a huge international success, and his comic works (especially Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town) still have the power to delight today's readers. But Leacock was also a professor of political science and economics; he produced 61 works in various fields; he wrote more than 90 scholarly articles. In Stephen Leacock: The Sage of Orillia, James Doyle explores the life of this prominent and prolific writer.

About the author

James Doyle is professor emeritus of English at Wilfrid Laurier University. Author of five other books, including The Fin de Siècle Spirit (1995), Stephen Leacock: The Sage of Orillia (1992), and [http:www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Catalog/doyle.shtml Progressive Heritage: The Evolution of a Politically Radical Literary Tradition in Canada], he has contributed many times to scholarly journals, particularly on Canadian-US literary relations and political radicalism in Canadian literature.

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