Opposite contraries : the unknown journals of Emily Carr and other writings

Collected here for the first time in book form are the expurgated sections of artist, writer, and rebel Emily Carr's unpublished journals, her important "Lecture on Totems" about Native art and people, and letters to and from several key figures in her life. The unpublished journal entries include long passages about her first meeting with Sophie Frank, a Squamish basket maker who became a confidante; anguished meditations on her spiritual mission; musings about Native culture and the white community's reaction to it; and thoughts about her sisters and relatives. This collection also features commentary by noted literary historian Susan Crean that offers cultural and historical context. Emily Carr Was An Extraordinary Writer And Artist. Although Primarily A Painter, She First Gained Recognition As The Author Of Seven Popular, Critically Acclaimed Books. Award-winning Author Susan Crean Has Gathered Here, For The First Time In Book Form, Previously Unpublished Writings From Emily Carr's Journals, Notebooks And Correspondence. Included Are 42,000 Words Expurgated From Carr's Published Journals, With Passages About Her Friendship With Sophie Frank (a Squamish Basket Maker), Details Of Carr's Spiritual Quest, Her Dreams, And Anguished Thoughts About Her Sisters And Family. Those Who Love Emily Carr's Art Will Delight In Reading The Complete Text Of Her Groundbreaking 1913 Lecture On Totems, Her First Writing On Native Imagery And Native People. Crean Also Presents Significant Portions Deleted From Carr's First Book, Klee Wyck, After Her Death. New Revelations Include The Full Text Of Carr's Account Of The Famous And Much Debated Brutal Telling (when Her Father Told Her The Facts Of Life), Presented In One Of The Letters To Her Friend Ira Dilworth. And The Original Voice Of Sophie Frank Is Acknowledged In Three Surviving Letters To Emily Carr. Susan Crean's Introduction To Opposite Contraries And To Each Of The Book's Three Sections Provide An Illuminating Context, Both Historical And Cultural, In The Fascinating Story Of Emily Carr. Book Jacket.--jacket. Part 1. Introduction: Carr's Journals -- The Journals -- Simcoe Street, 1930-33 -- The Elephant, 1933 -- Trip To Chicago, 1933 -- Moving Forward, 1933-34 -- Noah's Ark, 1934 -- Hopes And Doldrums, 1934-35 -- Spring And Summer, 1935 -- A Tabernacle In The Wood, 1935 -- Beckley Street, 1936 -- Goodbye To Lizzie, 1936 -- Hospital, 1937 -- The Shadow Of War, 1938-39 -- New Growth, 1940-41 -- Journal Fragments -- Young Town And Little Girl -- British Columbia Nightingales -- Mother -- A Dream -- Love -- Sophie -- Part 2. Introduction: The Public Carr And Klee Wyck -- Lecture On Totems -- Autobiography -- A People's Gallery -- The Expurgated Klee Wyck -- Ucluelet -- Friends -- Martha's Joey -- Part 3. Introduction: Carr's Correspondence -- Letters From Sophie And Jimmy Frank To Emily Carr -- Letters From Emily Carr To Ira Dilworth. Edited By Susan Crean. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 244-245). The expurgated portions of the journals Emily Carr fall into two categories: one comprises passages, sometimes entire entries, left out of Hundreds and Thousands, and the other comprises a handful of short stories that are in the notebooks in which Carr kept her journals but are plainly not part of them.