The Thinking Heart: The Literary Archive of Wilfred Watson

Paul Hjartarson (Professor),Shirley Neuman

The Thinking Heart: The Literary Archive of Wilfred Watson
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Country
Canada
Published
20 October 2014
Pages
160
ISBN
9781551953397

The Thinking Heart: The Literary Archive of Wilfred Watson

Paul Hjartarson (Professor),Shirley Neuman

This exhibition catalogue celebrates the life and work of avant garde poet and playwright Wilfred Watson. Drawing on the rich collection of letters, notebooks, manuscripts and sketchbooks in the University of Alberta Archives’ Wilfred Watson Fonds, this exhibition traces Watson’s development from his early encounters with the work of T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and Emily Carr to his decades-long engagement with the writing of Gabriel Marcel, Wyndham Lewis, and Marshall McLuhan, and from his initial work on stage to his career-changing involvement in the Edmonton theatre community centred on Studio Theatre, Walterdale Theatre and the Yardbird Suite. The archives include a rich correspondence between Wilfred Watson and his wife, Sheila Watson, and many notebook entries describing the two writers’ lifelong dialogue.

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