{"product_id":"the-lm-montgomery-reader-benjamin-lefebvre-9781487526023","title":"The L.M. Montgomery Reader: Volume One: A Life in Print","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow available in paperback, \u003ci\u003eThe L.M. Montgomery Reader\u003c\/i\u003e assembles rediscovered primary material on one of Canada's most enduringly popular authors, spanning the entirety of her high-profile career and the years since her death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first volume, \u003ci\u003eA Life in Print\u003c\/i\u003e, focuses specifically on Montgomery's role as a public celebrity and author of the resoundingly successful \u003ci\u003eAnne of Green Gables\u003c\/i\u003e (1908). The selections give a strong impression of Montgomery 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach volume in \u003ci\u003eThe L.M. Montgomery Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is accompanied by an extensive introduction and detailed commentary by leading Montgomery scholar Benjamin Lefebvre that traces the interplay between the author and the critic, as well as between the private and the public Montgomery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Lefebvre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1487526024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487526023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Toronto Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 464\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.80w x 1.30d","brand":"Benjamin Lefebvre","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983263826175,"sku":"9781487526023","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4f7d1917-46db-405c-bb69-28ff6c64d7c2.jpg?v=1683265609","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-lm-montgomery-reader-benjamin-lefebvre-9781487526023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}