{"product_id":"9781433105449","title":"Aspects of Robertson Davies' Novels","description":"Completing the survey begun in Lams’ \u003ci\u003eCornish Trilogy\u003c\/i\u003e volume, \u003ci\u003eAspects of Robertson Davies’ Novels\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the Salterton and Deptford trilogies along with Davies’ last two novels, \u003ci\u003eMurther \u0026amp; Walking Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e. The apprentice effort \u003ci\u003eTempest-Tost\u003c\/i\u003e and the journeyman’s success \u003ci\u003eLeaven of Malice\u003c\/i\u003e were followed by Davies’ first genuinely fine novel, \u003ci\u003eA Mixture of Frailties\u003c\/i\u003e, the story of a talented Salterton girl who becomes a world-famous soprano. The Deptford trilogy is discussed in terms of Northrop Frye’s «confession» form as it appears in \u003ci\u003eFifth Business\u003c\/i\u003e, and in variations of that form in \u003ci\u003eThe Manticore\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWorld of Wonders\u003c\/i\u003e. Although Davies’ Jungian enthusiasms produced certain flaws to which readers have objected, \u003ci\u003eMurther \u0026amp; Walking Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e is by no means a failure; it is best understood as an implicit spiritual history of Canada which is adumbrated in the generational experience of a single Canadian family. \u003ci\u003eThe Cunning Man\u003c\/i\u003e concludes Davies’ career with a narrative as rewardingly complex as any of the Cornish trilogy novels.","brand":"Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47053765542128,"sku":"9781433105449","price":97.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781433105449_p0.jpg?v=1763751335","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781433105449","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}