Research Catalog

Title

Judith Wright and Emily Carr : Gendered Colonial Modernity / Anne Collett and Dorothy Jones.

Author

Collett, Anne

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2021]

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Details

Additional Authors

Jones, Dorothy

Description

xv, 266 pages, [16] pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color); 24 cm.

Summary

Knitting together two fascinating but entirely distinct lives, this ingeniously structured braided biography tells the story of the lives and work of two women, each a cultural icon in her own country yet lesser known in the other's. Australian poet Judith Wright and Canadian painter Emily Carr broke new ground for female artists in the British colonies and influenced the political and social debates about environment and indigenous rights that have shaped Australia and Canada in the 21st century. In telling their story/ies, this book charts the battle for recognition of their modernist art and vision, pointing out significant moments of similarity in their lives and work. Although separated by thousands of miles, their experience of colonial modernity was startlingly analogous, as white settler women bent on forging artistic careers in a male-dominated world and sphere rigged against them. Through all this, though, their cultural importance endures; two remarkable women whose poetry and painting still speak to us today of their passionate belief in the transformative power of art.

Series Statement

Historicizing modernism

Uniform Title

Historicizing modernism.

Subject

• Wright, Judith, 1915-2000
• Carr, Emily, 1871-1945
• 1900-1999
• Women and the arts > Canada > History > 20th century
• Women and the arts > Australia > History > 20th century
• Modernism (Art)
• Modernism (Literature)
• Australian poetry > 20th century > Women authors
• Art, Canadian > 20th century
• Indigenous peoples in art
• Indigenous peoples in literature
• Women painters > Canada > 20th century > Biography
• Women poets, Australian > 20th century > Biography
• Women poets, Australian
• Women painters
• Literature
• British colonies
• Australian poetry > Women authors
• Art, Canadian
• Women and the arts
• Great Britain > Colonies > In literature. > Australia
• Great Britain > Colonies > In art. > America
• Canada
• Australia
• America

Genre/Form

• Biographies.
• Art.
• History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-253) and index.

Contents

Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Self-Portraits, Painted and Written -- Chapter Two: The Artist as a Young Colonial Girl -- Chapter Three: Death of the Mother -- Chapter Four: The Voyage Out -- Chapter Five: Many Roads Meet Here -- Chapter Six: Jack McKinney: the equal heart and mind -- Chapter Eight: Lawren Harris: where the soul penetrates -- Chapter Nine: Shadow Sisters: Kath and Sophie -- Chapter Ten: Late Love, Late Style Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Works Cited

Call Number

JFE 21-4037

ISBN

• 9781350188204
• 1350188204

OCLC

1178643861

Author

Collett, Anne, author.

Title

Judith Wright and Emily Carr : Gendered Colonial Modernity / Anne Collett and Dorothy Jones.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2021]

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Historicizing modernism

Historicizing modernism.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-253) and index.

Chronological Term

1900-1999

Added Author

Jones, Dorothy, author.

Other Form:

Electronic version: Collett, Anne. Judith Wright and Emily Carr. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2021] 1350188212 (OCoLC)1235277159

Research Call Number

JFE 21-4037