The Magnificent Voyage of Emily Carr

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Talonbooks, 1992 - Art - 104 pages

Emily Carr lived in a magical place that she had christened The House of All Sorts. In this House which is open to all that is vital on Earth, Emily Carr, with all her greatness and her imperfections, receives visitors from her planet: Lizzie, her sister, is greeted with war whoops and rebuffs, for Lizzie is the adversary, as is all Victorian society; Sophie, her Amerindian friend, who brings messages, reminders and lessons from life; Lawren Harris, her young painter friend from the Group of Seven, who wants to free painting from dogma and revolutionize art in Canada; the Soul Tuner, who hears her cry and vibrates to her thoughts of adoration and compassion ... and D'Sonoqua, the Goddess-Mother on her phosphorescent pedestal, who beckons to Emily from the old world of legends.

Cast of 3 women and 1 man

From inside the book

 

Contents

Section 1
9
Section 2
10
Section 3
18
Copyright

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Common terms and phrases

Amerindian friend Anglican appears purring arms artists bachelor buttons beat beauty birds bring you home cable canvases chair close the kiln Cock-a-doodle-doo colours Courtyard creaking D'SONOQUA death dogs earth earthworms elephant Emily Carr EMILY's studio everything face father's armchair fire forest friend Em'ly going grain of sand grave green Group of Seven grow hands hear heart heart attack hoisting their mother's House Ideograms Indian JACKSON PAINTING Jovette Marchessault kennel kiln door LAWREN HARRIS light listen little dog's live LIZZIE's look magnificent voyage Marius Barbeau massage Millie Miss Lizzie Mother mother's table mountain never old girl painter pause pity planet Queen Victoria rooster sister sitting sleep sometimes SOPHIE-D'SONOQUA SOPHIE's SOUL TUNER speaking spirits stops suddenly Susie lets TABLEAU talented amateurs tears There's thoughts tion Toronto totem poles trees turn Victoria voice walk West Coast wild geese wild lilies women

About the author (1992)

Born in 1938 in Montréal, Québec, Jovette Marchessault is a novelist, a playwright, and a sculptor. Self-taught, her poignant work is marked by the harsh realities of her working-class adolescence. As a visual artist, Jovette has had over thirty solo exhibitions of her work in Québec, Toronto, New York, and Brussels. She is the winner of the Prix France-Québec, the Grand Prix Littéraire Journal de Montréal, and the Grand Prix Littéraire de la ville de Sherbrooke, and the Governor General's Award. Like a Child of the Earth (1988), The Magnificent Voyage of Emily Carr (1992), Mother of the Grass (1989), Saga of the Wet Hens (1983), and White Pebbles in the Dark Forests (1990) are available in English translation from Talonbooks.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Magnificent Voyage of Emily Carr
AuthorJovette Marchessault
PublisherTalonbooks, 1992
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized27 Mar 2008
ISBN0889223149, 9780889223141
Length104 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Art / Canadian
Drama / Canadian
Drama / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Drama / General
Drama / Women Authors
Fiction / Magical Realism
  
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