Divining Margaret Laurence

Nora Foster Stovel, professor of English and film studies at the University of Alberta, has published books and articles on Jane Austen, D.H. Lawrence, Margaret Drabble, and Margaret Laurence.

"This is the first book that ranges across all of Laurence's work - and does so intelligently and accessibly. Divining Margaret Laurence is sorely needed." Neil Besner, associate vice-president, International, University of Winnipeg "Stovel is arguably the pre-eminent Laurence scholar in Canada and has brought decades of scholarship to what may be considered the most comprehensive and definitive study of Laurence yet - considering the large number of writings about Laurence, it is su "Stovel's sensitive and intelligent construction discovers an important and breathtaking addition to Laurence studies." Great Plains Quarterly. "Stovel inserts such a prodigious amount of original scholarship and lively commentary into her exhaustive overview that even a small taste will almost certainly draw even the casual grazer into a full feasting." American Review of Canadian Studies