Stephen Leacock

By (author): James Doyle

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 sixty-one works in various fields; he wrote more than ninety scholarly articles. In Stephen Leacock: The Sage of Orillia, James Doyle explores the life of this prominent and prolific writer.

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James Doyle

James Doyle is a professor of English, retired from Wilfrid Laurier University. His publications include The Fin-de-Siècle Spirit (1995) and Stephen Leacock: The Sage of Orillia (1992), both published by ECW Press, and Progressive Heritage: The Evolution of a Politically Radical Literary Tradition in Canada (2002).


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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 sixty-one works in various fields; he wrote more than ninety scholarly articles. In Stephen Leacock: The Sage of Orillia, James Doyle explores the life of this prominent and prolific writer.

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Dimensions:

107 Pages
10in * 7in *
0.545lb

Published:

April 01, 1995

City of Publication:

Toronto

Country of Publication:

CA

Publisher:

ECW Press

ISBN:

9781550222388

Book Subjects:

LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General

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Language:

eng

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