On the Front Line of Life: Stephen Leacock : Memories and Reflections, 1935-1944In the last decade of his life, Leacock turned to writing informal essays that blended humour with a conversational style and ripened wisdom to address the issues he cared about most - education, literature, economics, Canada and its place in the world - and to confront the joys and sorrows of his own life. With an introduction that sets them in the context of his life, thoughts and times, these essays reveal a passionate, intellegent, personal Leacock, against a backdrop of Depression and war, finding hope and conveying the timeless message that only the human spirit can bring social justice, peace, and progress. |
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... Farm ( 1944 ) 2. My Remarkable Uncle ( 1941 ) 47 75 3. The Struggle to Make Us Gentlemen ( 1941 ) 83 4. My Education and What I Think of It Now ( 1944 ) 89 5. Looking Back on College ( 1936 ) 6. On the Need for a Quiet College ( 1938 ) ...
... Farm ( 1944 ) 2. My Remarkable Uncle ( 1941 ) 47 75 3. The Struggle to Make Us Gentlemen ( 1941 ) 83 4. My Education and What I Think of It Now ( 1944 ) 89 5. Looking Back on College ( 1936 ) 6. On the Need for a Quiet College ( 1938 ) ...
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... their publication . In fact , we begin with a posthumously published chapter of autobiography describing his childhood as a boy brought from England to a farm in Ontario . Following this is 16 ON THE FRONT LINE OF LIFE.
... their publication . In fact , we begin with a posthumously published chapter of autobiography describing his childhood as a boy brought from England to a farm in Ontario . Following this is 16 ON THE FRONT LINE OF LIFE.
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... farm in Ontario . Following this is his memoir of his " remarkable uncle , " E.P. Leacock , a formative figure in his early life . The next few essays explore his memories and thoughts on education , his training in language , his ...
... farm in Ontario . Following this is his memoir of his " remarkable uncle , " E.P. Leacock , a formative figure in his early life . The next few essays explore his memories and thoughts on education , his training in language , his ...
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... Farm , " did he seem able to provide anything like a straightforward account of his boyhood . The picture that emerges is a life of poverty on an isolated farm , the incompetence of his father , Peter Leacock , his " remarkable uncle ...
... Farm , " did he seem able to provide anything like a straightforward account of his boyhood . The picture that emerges is a life of poverty on an isolated farm , the incompetence of his father , Peter Leacock , his " remarkable uncle ...
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... farm and his eleven children . Even a stronger man might have buckled under lesser challenges for which he was so manifestly unprepared . Peter's frustration probably became acute only when he and Agnes were forced in 1886 to return to ...
... farm and his eleven children . Even a stronger man might have buckled under lesser challenges for which he was so manifestly unprepared . Peter's frustration probably became acute only when he and Agnes were forced in 1886 to return to ...
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