Inventing Tom Thomson

Sherrill E. Grace is professor of English at the University of British Columbia where she holds the Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies. She has published books on Margaret Atwood, literary expressionism, Canadian drama, and Malcolm Lowry, i

“This is a compelling book on myth-making and identity. Reversing the usual direction of investigative research, Inventing Tom Tomson analyzes the disorderly repertoire of stories about the artist’s life rather than the canonized repertoire of his paintings. To paraphrase one of the author’s central arguments, had the book not been written, it would have to have been invented." John O’Brian, professor of art history, University of British Columbia