LEADER 03949nam 2200661 450 001 9910466367203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5744-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442657441 035 $a(CKB)3800000000070348 035 $a(EBL)3296921 035 $a(OCoLC)923099584 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001403389 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12612904 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001403389 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11368793 035 $a(PQKB)11723375 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4669985 035 $a(DE-B1597)465585 035 $a(OCoLC)1002272900 035 $a(OCoLC)1004876444 035 $a(OCoLC)1011470084 035 $a(OCoLC)1013940846 035 $a(OCoLC)944178608 035 $a(OCoLC)999362758 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442657441 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4669985 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256499 035 $a(OCoLC)904376416 035 $a(EXLCZ)993800000000070348 100 $a20160920h20052005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAs for Sinclair Ross /$fDavid Stouck 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2005. 210 4$dİ2005 215 $a1 online resource (394 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8020-4388-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Wild Rose -- $t2. The Housekeeper's Son -- $t3. Bank Clerk -- $t4. Musician -- $t5. Winnipeg -- $t6. Days with Pegasus -- $t7. As for Me and My House -- $t8. War Years -- $t9. Montreal -- $t10. The Well -- $t11. Whir of Gold -- $t12. Tourist -- $t13. Sawbones Memorial -- $t14. Literary Forefather -- $t15. Suicide -- $t16. The Order of Canada -- $tNotes -- $tBibliography -- $tIllustration Credits -- $tIndex 330 $aSinclair Ross (1908-1996), best known for his canonical novel As for Me and My House (1941), and for such familiar short stories as "The Lamp at Noon" and "The Painted Door," is an elusive figure in Canadian literature. A master at portraying the hardships and harsh beauty of the Prairies during the Great Depression, Ross nevertheless received only modest attention from the public during his lifetime. His reluctance to give readings or interviews further contributed to this faint public perception of the man. In As for Sinclair Ross, David Stouck tells the story of a lonely childhood in rural Saskatchewan, of a long and unrewarding career in a bank, and of many failed attempts to be published and to find an audience. The book also tells the story of a man who fell in love with both men and women and who wrote from a position outside any single definition of gender and sexuality. Stouck's biography draws on archival records and on insights gathered during an acquaintance late in Ross's life to illuminate this difficult author, describing in detail the struggles of a gifted artist living in an inhospitable time and place. Stouck argues that when Ross was writing about prairie farmers and small towns, he wanted his readers to see the kind of society they were creating, to feel uncomfortable with religion as coercive rhetoric, prejudices based on race and ethnicity, and rigid notions of gender. As for Sinclair Ross is the story of a remarkable writer whose works continue to challenge us and are rightly considered classics of Canadian literature. 606 $aAuthors, Canadian$y20th century$vBiography 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAuthors, Canadian 676 $aC813.54 700 $aStouck$b David$f1940-$0905267 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466367203321 996 $aAs for Sinclair Ross$92177383 997 $aUNINA