Robertson Davies
novelista canadense
William Robertson Davies, nado en Ontario o 28 de agosto de 1913 e finado en Orangeville o 2 de decembro de 1995, foi un novelista, dramaturgo, crítico, xornalista e profesor canadense en lingua inglesa. Está considerado un dos mellores e máis populares escritores na historia do Canadá, a miúdo considerado un homme de lettres (en referencia á súa erudición), un termo que Davies aceptaba de bo grado[1]. Foi, así mesmo, o fundador e primeiro reitor da Massey College, unha college vencellada e dependente da Universidade de Toronto.
Traducido ao galego: O quinto en cuestión (2021). Faktoría K. 436 páxs. Tradución de Alejandro Tobar.
Obra
editarNovelas
editar- The Salterton Trilogy
- Tempest-Tost (1951)
- Leaven of Malice (1954)
- A Mixture of Frailties (1958)
- The Deptford Trilogy
- Fifth Business (1970)
- The Manticore (1972)
- World of Wonders (1975)
- The Cornish Trilogy
- The Rebel Angels (1981)
- What's Bred in the Bone (1985)
- The Lyre of Orpheus (1988)
- The Toronto Trilogy (incompleta)
- Murther and Walking Spirits (1991)
- The Cunning Man (1994)
Ensaios
editarFicción
- The Diary of Samuel Marchbanks (1947)
- The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks (1949)
- Samuel Marchbanks' Almanack (1967)
editado polo autor como:
Crítica
- Shakespeare's Boy Actors (1939)
- Shakespeare for Young Players: A Junior Course (1942)
- Renown at Stratford (1953) (with Tyrone Guthrie)
- Twice Have the Trumpets Sounded (1954) (con Tyrone Guthrie)
- Thrice the Brindled Cat Hath Mew'd (1955) (con Tyrone Guthrie)
- A Voice From the Attic (1960) publicato tamén como The Personal Art
- A Feast of Stephen (1970)
- Stephen Leacock (1970)
- One Half of Robertson Davies (1977)
- The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies (1979; revisado 1990)
- The Well-Tempered Critic (1981)
- The Mirror of Nature (1983)
- Reading and Writing (1993)
- The Merry Heart (1996)
- Happy Alchemy (1997)
Pezas dramáticas
editar- Overlaid (1948)
- Eros at Breakfast (1948)
- Hope Deferred (1948)
- King Phoenix (1948)
- At the Gates of the Righteous (1949)
- Fortune My Foe (1949)
- The Voice of the People (1949)
- At My Heart's Core (1950)
- A Masque of Aesop (1952)
- Hunting Stuart (1955)
- A Jig for the Gypsy (1955)
- General Confession (1956)
- A Masque of Mr. Punch (1963)
- Question Time (1975)
- Brothers in the Black Art (1981)
Compilacións de relatos
editar- High Spirits (1982)
Libretos
editar- Doctor Canon's Cure (1982)
- Jezebel (1993)
- The Golden Ass (1999)
Correspondencia
editar- For Your Eye Alone (2000)
- Discoveries (2002)
Compilacións
editar- Conversations with Robertson Davies (1989)
- The Quotable Robertson Davies: The Wit and Wisdom of the Master (2005)
- The Merry Heart: Reflections on Reading Writing, and the World of Books
Notas
editar- ↑ En resposta ao entrevistador Peter Gzowski, Davies aceptou a etiqueta, coa frase: "I would be delighted to accept it. In fact, I think it's an entirely honourable and desirable title, but you know people are beginning to despise it." Davis, J. Madison (ed.) (1989). Conversations with Robertson Davies. Mississippi University Press. páx. 99.
Véxase tamén
editarLigazóns externas
editar- Robertson Davies' Personal Library (Queen's University at Kingston) (en inglés).