2015

 

Cover Image of Sheila Watson: Essays on Her Works 

 

 

 
Sheila Watson: Essays on Her Works


Editor: Joseph Pivato

Publisher: Guernica Editions

Contributors: E.D. Blodgett, Caterina Edwards, Mary G. Hamilton, George Melnyk, Margaret Morriss, Margot Northey, Joseph Pivato, Sheila Watson, Glenn Willmott, and Sergiy Yakovenko

Keywords: Sheila Watson; Canadian modernism; The Double Hook; Canadian gothic; symbolic grotesque; Indigenous characters; McLuhan's mosaic method; Edmonton writers; experimental short stories; mentoring writers; Canadian western novel; Comparative Canadian Literature; White Pelican 

About the Book:

Sheila Watson published the iconic novel The Double Hook in 1959, which influenced the writing styles of many Canadian writers, including Robert Kroetsch, Michael Ondaatje, George Bowering, Daphne Marlatt, Caterina Edwards, and others. This collection of essays examines The Double Hook, Deep Hollow Creek, and some of her short stories. Essays look at Watson's editorial work, mentoring work and teaching style. Pivato edited the book because he knew Watson as a mentor and admired her selfless support for other writers.