Judith Skelton Grant
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Judith Skelton Grant is a Canadian
writer, editor and biographer.
Grant is best known as for her editing of collections by novel
ist, playwright
, critic
, journalist
, and professor
Robertson Davies
, as well as her biography of Davies, Robertson Davies: Man of Myth.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
writer, editor and biographer.
Grant is best known as for her editing of collections by novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist, playwright
Theatre
Theatre is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music or dance...
, critic
Criticism
Criticism is the judgement of the merits and faults of the work or actions of an individual or group by another . To criticize does not necessarily imply to find fault, but the word is often taken to mean the simple expression of an objection against prejudice, or a disapproval.Another meaning of...
, journalist
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
, and professor
Professor
A professor is a scholarly teacher; the precise meaning of the term varies by country. Literally, professor derives from Latin as a "person who professes" being usually an expert in arts or sciences; a teacher of high rank...
Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies
William Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
, as well as her biography of Davies, Robertson Davies: Man of Myth.
As author
- The Nature of Duty and the Problem of Passion in the Works of George Eliot — 1974
- Mavis Gallant and Her Works — 1989
- Robertson Davies: Man of Myth, Viking, Toronto, 1994. ISBN 0-670-82557-3 (hard cover); ISBN 0-14-011452-1 (paperback)
As editor
- The Enthusiasms of Robertson DaviesThe Enthusiasms of Robertson DaviesThe Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies is a collection of essays by Canadian novelist and journalist Robertson Davies. The collection was edited by Judith Skelton Grant and published by McClelland and Stewart in 1979....
— 1979 - The Well-Tempered CriticThe Well-Tempered Critic (Davies)The Well-Tempered Critic: One man's view of the theatre and letters in Canada is a collection of essays by Canadian novelist and journalist Robertson Davies. The collection was edited by Judith Skelton Grant and published by McClelland and Stewart in 1981....
: One man's view of theatre and letters in Canada — 1981 - For Your Eye AloneFor Your Eye AloneFor Your Eye Alone, published by McClelland and Stewart in 2000, is a collection of letters written by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies....
: Letters 1976-1995 — 1999 - DiscoveriesDiscoveries (Robertson Davies)Discoveries, published by McClelland and Stewart in 2002, is a collection of letters written by Canadian novelist Robertson Davies.In Discoveries, editor Judith Skelton Grant provides a selection of letters written by Davies from the period starting in 1938 until 1975...
: Early letters 1938-1975 — 2002