Conversations with Robertson Davies

by Robertson Davies, J. Madison Davis (Editor)

CONVERSATIONS WITH ROBERTSON DAVIES is a long overdue anthology of interviews with Canada's most respected literary figure. Journalist, essayist, reviewer, playwright, and novelist, Robertson Davies has not only been a leading figure in Canadian literature since World War II, but, since the publication of FIFTH BUSINESS in 1970, he has become known throughout the world. CONVERSATIONS WITH ROBERTSON DAVIES will be of interest both to the student of Canadian literature and culture and to the scholar examining Davies's plays and novels as well as to the general reader who would like to know more about the awesome man behind the Salterton and Deptford trilogies, WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE, and THE LYRE OF ORPHEUS.

A majority of this anthology of twenty-eight interviews has never before appeared in print. Along with these previously unpublished interviews, the reader finds a selection of the best print Tom Harpur of the TORONTO STAR proves Davies's spiritual beliefs, Ann Saddlemyer looks into his dreams, and author Terence M. Green questions Davies on the supernatural.

Genres: Nonfiction, Literature, Essays

285 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1989

About the author

William Robertson Davies, CC, FRSC, FRSL (died in Orangeville, Ontario) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor. He was one of Canada's best-known and most popular authors, and one of its most distinguished "men of letters", a term Davies is sometimes said to have detested. Davies was the founding Master of Massey College, a graduate college at the University of Toronto.

Novels:

The Salterton Trilogy
• Tempest-tost (1951)
• Leaven of Malice (1954)
• A Mixture of Frailties (1958)
The Deptford Trilogy
• Fifth Business (1970)
• The Manticore (1972)
• World of Wonders (1975)
The Cornish Trilogy
• The Rebel Angels (1981)
• What's Bred in the Bone (1985)
• The Lyre of Orpheus (1988)
The Toronto Trilogy (Davies' final, incomplete, trilogy)
• Murther and Walking Spirits (1991)
• The Cunning Man (1994)

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Reviews

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Obviously a uneven mix, due to this being a series of transcribed interviews. There's a lot of duplicate information given.

Definitely only for real Davies fans.

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mildly interesting, but I should have read it back when I was reading his novels.