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Index
Cover
Half title
Title
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Prologue
1 Leaskdale: L.M. Montgomery’s Rainbow Valley
A New Home in Leaskdale: War and Religion
2 “To the Memory of”: Leaskdale and Loss in the Great War
3 “Being a Christian” and a Presbyterian in Leaskdale
The Changing World of Women: Mother, Daughter, Friend
4 “A Gift for Friendship”: Revolutionary Friendship in Anne of the Island and The Blue Castle
5 The New Mother at Home: Montgomery’s Literary Explorations of Motherhood
Shadows in Rainbow Valley: Loss and Grief
6 The Shadow on the House of Dreams: Montgomery’s Re-Visioning of Anne
7 “My Pen Shall Heal, Not Hurt”: Writing as Therapy in Rilla of Ingleside and The Blythes Are Quoted
Interlude
L.M.M.
A Sense of Place: Reading and Writing
8 Old Years and Old Books: Montgomery’s Ontario Reading and Self-Fashioning
9 (Re)Locating Montgomery: Prince Edward Island Romance to Southern Ontario Gothic
Travels to Muskoka: Commodification and Tourism
10 Propriety and the Proprietary: The Commodification of Health and Nature in The Blue Castle
11 Bala and The Blue Castle: The “Spirit of Muskoka” and the Tourist Gaze
Life in Toronto: Professional and Cultural Links
12 Advocating for Authors and Battling Critics in Toronto: Montgomery and the Canadian Authors Association
13 Toronto’s Cultural Scene: Tonic or Toxin for a Sagged Soul?
Epilogue
14 Dear Grandmother Maud on the Road to Heaven
Appendix
Montgomery’s Ontario Legacies: A Community Presence in the Twenty-First Century
Notes
Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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