LETTERS BETWEEN FATHER AND
DAUGHTER: Robertson Davies & Miranda Davies Paperback – January 27,
2025
by Miranda
Davies (Author, Editor)
Robertson Davies had a
remarkable literary career as one of Canada’s most distinguished novelists.
This book shares a collection of fascinating letters written between Davies and
his eldest daughter Miranda over a long period (1950-1994). These letters offer
insights into Davies' private life, revealing his deep appreciation of theatre,
his interest in Jungian psychology and his bond with Miranda. Davies and
Miranda shared an interest in theatre, literature, music, psychology, and
people. Throughout the book, this interest matures and evolves as father and
daughter become closer through shared adulthood. Davies was a pre-eminent
literary voice in Canada for more than half a century, while posthumous
publications include plays and essays as well as two volumes of his letters and
one of his diaries. This volume is a contribution to his wide-ranging literary
legacy.
Miranda Davies took an honours degree in English at the University of Toronto and moved to London where she studied and performed as a singer. She then trained as a child analyst at the Society of Analytical Psychology, worked as a child psychotherapist in the National Health Service, taught and gave papers in the U.K. and abroad and served as Co-consultant to the Child Analytic Training from 1999 to 2006. She has co-edited two books and written a number of clinical papers published in professional journals. She is now retired in Gloucestershire. – Amazon.
The first bit of Robertson Davies material I've got since 2021 (I think), and at 580 pages and 5x1.45x8 inches, it's quite a fat little brick. I ordered it less than a week ago, part of the post-Christmas flush, and it arrived today about 12:30 PM. I'm in that strange little stretch of time between holiday hours and when 'regular time' winds up again and the daily schedule reasserts itself. Letters should help tame that floating feeling a bit.
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