{"product_id":"9781442644915","title":"The L.M. Montgomery Reader: Volume One: A Life in Print","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe L.M. Montgomery Reader\u003c\/i\u003e assembles significant rediscovered primary material on one of Canada’s most enduringly popular authors throughout her high-profile career and after her death. Each of its three volumes gathers pieces published all over the world to set the stage for a much-needed reassessment of Montgomery’s literary reputation. Much of the material is freshly unearthed from archives and digital collections and has never before been published in book form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe selections appearing in this first volume focus on Montgomery’s role as a public celebrity and author of the resoundingly successful \u003ci\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e (1908). They give a strong impression of her as a writer and cultural critic as she discusses a range of topics with wit, wisdom, and humour, including the natural landscape of Prince Edward Island, her wide readership, anxieties about modernity, and the continued relevance of “old ideals.” These essays and interviews, joined by a number of additional pieces that discuss her work’s literary and cultural value in relation to an emerging canon of Canadian literature, make up nearly one hundred selections in all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach volume is accompanied by an extensive introduction and detailed commentary by leading Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre that trace the interplay between the author and the critic, as well as between the private and the public Montgomery. This volume – and the \u003ci\u003eReader\u003c\/i\u003e as a whole – adds tremendously to our understanding and appreciation of Montgomery’s legacy as a Canadian author and as a literary celebrity both during and beyond her lifetime.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47057377198320,"sku":"9781442644915","price":57.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781442644915_p0.jpg?v=1763811131","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781442644915","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}