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Fiction, Faction, Autobiography: Norman Levine at McGill University, 1946–1949
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Fiction, Faction, Autobiography: Norman Levine at McGill University, 1946–1949
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The author examines Ottawa-born Norman Levine's (1923-2005) start as a writer while he studied at McGill University from 1946 to 1949, and traces how Levine used his McGill memories afterwards in his writing. The author examines Levine's early poetry and prose; his use of his wartime RCAF flying experience in Britain (foreshadowing his autobiographical fiction); his editorship of the literary magazine Forge and McGill Daily Literary Supplement; his mentor Professor Harold Files; and his M.A. thesis on Ezra Pound. The author follows Levine as he drafts his first novel, The Angled Road (1952) and sketches another one; searches for his own literary voice; happily leaves Canada for England; and abandons academe after a frustrating year (1949-50) at the University of London. The author also explores how Levine used McGill friends and professors as starting points for characters in his stories and thinly disguised them in his nonfictional Canada Made Me (1958). Nostalgic and critical, Levine said he had enjoyed McGill but could not take it seriously, and blamed the university for giving his writing a false start and seducing him into forgetting his Jewish, working-class roots.
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Fontanus
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Vol. 12
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63-104
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2010
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en
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Michel, Robert H. “Fiction, Faction, Autobiography: Norman Levine at McGill University, 1946–1949.” Fontanus Vol. 12 (2010): 63–104. http://fontanus.mcgill.ca/article/view/191.
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