The heart of a peacock
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is part of: British Columbia Historical Books Collection
contributor: Dilworth, Ira, 1894-1962
creator: Carr, Emily, 1871-1945
issued: 2019-08-14
issued: 1953
description: "A miscellany, including accounts of personal experiences."-- Edwards, M. H., Lort, J. C. R., & Carmichael, W. J. (1975). A bibliography of British Columbia: Years of growth, 1900-1950. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria, p. 65.
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extent: xv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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note: the heart of a peacock The Heart of a Peacock is a miscellany of the late Emily Carr's unpublished writings. It is made up of word-sketches and stories that explore the world of her interests, apart from her painting, in the sensitive prose that is associated with the author of Klee Wyck. Her devoted pets, her childhood, her Indian acquaintances, the beauties of the West Coast which moved her so deeply—these are the subjects of the word-sketches, and they are brought to life with vivid descriptions and enlivened by her rich sense of the comic. The stories recount the failures and final triumph in the life of an Indian mother; an episode in one family's observance of the Sabbath; the growing desperation of an Indian woman as she responds in the only way possible to a wire she cannot read; and a tale of romantic love. Together they reveal a new side to Emily Carr's skill as a writer and are striking expressions of a creative instinct that was powerful in two media. The Heart of a Peacock offers readers a mingled experience of the sad and the gay, the cruel and the tender. As a further example of the literary powers revealed in her four previous books*, it firmly underlines Emily Carr's position of eminence among the leading Canadian writers. * Listed on the back of this jacket. The jacket design is by Siegfeld Blum. THE HEART OF A PEACOCK By the same author KLEE WYCK THE BOOK OF SMALL THE HOUSE OF ALL SORTS GROWING PAINS THE HEART PEACOCK BY EMILY CARR EDITED BY IRA DILWORTH LINE DRAWINGS BY THE AUTHOR ■tl ^:':%fe Wi OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS TORONTO 1953 Oxford University Press, Amen House, Toronto LONDON GLASGOW NEW YORK MELBOURNE WELLINGTON BOMBAY CALCUTTA MADRAS KARACHI CAPETOWN Geoffrey Cumberlege, Publisher to the University Printed in Canada by MARACLE PRESS LIMITED To VICTORIA ANDERSON and VIOLA MORRIS " CONTENTS Preface xi FIVE BIRDS The Heart of a Peacock 3 One Crow 8 Uncle Tom 22 Sally and Jane 25 SOME ANIMALS Balance 37 Even a Rat. . . 41 Bravo, Mary Anne! 4…
note: Other copies: http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3470913
has type: Books
identifier: PR9206.A77 H4
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0380422
language: English
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Toronto : Oxford University Press
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source: Original Format: University of British Columbia. Library. Rare Books and Special Collections. PR9206.A77 H4
subject: Carr, Emily, 1871-1945
subject: Painters--Canada--Biography
type: Text