The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies
Encyclopedia
The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies is a collection of essays by Canadian
novelist and journalist
Robertson Davies
. The collection was edited by Judith Skelton Grant
and published by McClelland and Stewart
in 1979
.
The collection brings together 92 articles, reviews and autobiographical essays that Davies had previously published in newspaper
s and magazine
s, covering a wide variety of topics.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
novelist and journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies
William Robertson Davies, CC, OOnt, FRSC, FRSL 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 variously said to have gladly accepted for himself...
. The collection was edited by Judith Skelton Grant
Judith Skelton Grant
Judith Skelton Grant is a Canadian writer, editor and biographer.Grant is best known as for her editing of collections by novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies, as well as her biography of Davies, Robertson Davies: Man of Myth.-As author:* The Nature of Duty and...
and published by McClelland and Stewart
McClelland and Stewart
McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company. It is partially owned by Random House of Canada, now a subsidiary of Bertelsmann....
in 1979
1979 in literature
The year 1979 in literature involved some significant events and new books.-New books:*Douglas Adams - The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*V.C...
.
The collection brings together 92 articles, reviews and autobiographical essays that Davies had previously published in newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s and magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s, covering a wide variety of topics.