This woman in particular
Subtitle: contexts for the biographical image of Emily Carr
By: Stephanie Kirkwood Walker ; foreword by William Closson James.
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Waterloo, Ont
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
Subjects: Carr, Emily, 1871-1945; Painters -- Canada -- Biography
Description: Walker contends that the biographical image of Emily Carr that emerges from an accumulation of biographies, films, plays and poetry as well as her won autobiographical writing establishes an elaborated cultural artefact - an "image" that is bound by its very nature to remain forever incomplete and always elusive.

She demonstrates how changes in Carr's biographical image parallel the maturing of Canadian biographical writing, reflecting attitudes toward women artists and the shifting balance between religion, secular attitudes and contemporary spirituality. And she concludes that biography plays a crucial role in all our lives in initiating and sustaining debate on vital personal and collective concerns.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-206) and index.