Davies, Robertson 1913-1995

Overview

Works:	435 works in 1,595 publications in 10 languages and 44,980 library holdings
Roles:	Editor, Interviewee, Speaker
Classifications:	PR9199.3.D3, 813.54

Publication Timeline

1910 |

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Publications about Robertson Davies

Publications by Robertson Davies

Publications by Robertson Davies, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Robertson Davies

The merry heart : reflections on reading, writing, and the world of books by Robertson Davies ( Book )
The papers of Samuel Marchbanks by Robertson Davies ( Book )
Robertson Davies : man of myth by Judith Skelton Grant ( Book )
Robertson Davies by Michael A Peterman ( Book )
For your eye alone by Robertson Davies ( Book )

Happy alchemy : on the pleasures of music and the theatre by Robertson Davies ( Book )
One half of Robertson Davies by Robertson Davies ( Book )
Robertson Davies, playwright : a search for the self on the Canadian stage by Susan Stone-Blackburn ( Book )
Robertson Davies : a mingling of contrarieties by Camille R La Bossière ( Book )
The smaller infinity : the Jungian self in the novels of Robertson Davies by Patricia Monk ( Book )
Reading and writing by Robertson Davies ( Book )
Aspects of Robertson Davies' novels by Victor J Lams ( )
Robertson Davies : a portrait in mosaic by Val Ross ( Book )
Robertson Davies : an appreciation by Elspeth MacGregor Cameron Fisher ( Book )
Robertson Davies by Patricia A Morley ( Book )
Catching the wind in a net : the religious vision of Robertson Davies by Dave Little ( Book )
The merry heart : selections 1980-1995 by Robertson Davies ( Book )
Robertson Davies by Judith Skelton Grant ( Book )
Robertson Davies : magician of words by Nicholas Maes ( Book )
Robertson Davies : life, work, and criticism by Lynne Diamond-Nigh ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Robertson Davies

What's bred in the bone by Robertson Davies ( Book )
41 editions published between 1985 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,675 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
To most people, Francis was the eccentric, artistic son of a wealthy family. Others knew him as an art expert, a secret intelligence agent, and a wealthy man shrouded in mystery

The cunning man : a novel by Robertson Davies ( Book )
27 editions published between 1994 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 2,534 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of Dr. Jonathan Hullah, a doctor practicing holistic healing. It chronicles his youth, including an incident in the Canadian bush where his life was saved by an Indian shaman, and describes his World War II years in the course of which he decided to practice holistic medicine. A look at the connection between spirit and body. By the author of The Rebel Angels

The lyre of Orpheus by Robertson Davies ( Book )
31 editions published between 1988 and 2008 in English and Polish and held by 2,480 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sequel to: The rebel angels and What's bred in the bone. The Cornish Foundation, against all common sense, undertakes to stage an opera. Many of the participants find unusual, unexplained happenings in their lives, as the production takes shape

Fifth business by Robertson Davies ( Book )
53 editions published between 1970 and 2005 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,263 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of five Canadians whose lives are joined together because of one badly aimed snowball

Murther & walking spirits by Robertson Davies ( Book )
32 editions published between 1991 and 2011 in English and held by 2,116 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The editor of a Toronto newspaper finds out about his ancestors in an unusual private Film Festival

The rebel angels by Robertson Davies ( Book )
35 editions published between 1981 and 2008 in 5 languages and held by 1,886 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Murder, theft perjury, love, and scholarship at a modern university trouble the life of a beautiful partgypsy graduate student

The manticore by Robertson Davies ( Book )
55 editions published between 1972 and 2006 in English and French and held by 1,838 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A successful criminal lawyer enters Jungian analysis after the accidental death of the half stranger who is his father

World of wonders by Robertson Davies ( Book )
34 editions published between 1975 and 2006 in 4 languages and held by 1,746 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Magnus Eisengrim, the illustrious magician star of a movie being filmed in Switzerland, spends his free time relating the sad story of his life to his director and producer, a cameraman, a mysterious hostess, and a Canadian schoolmaster

The Deptford trilogy by Robertson Davies ( Book )
35 editions published between 1977 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A voice from the attic by Robertson Davies ( Book )
20 editions published between 1960 and 1990 in English and held by 1,050 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A mixture of frailties by Robertson Davies ( Book )
28 editions published between 1958 and 2006 in English and held by 978 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Witty story of a Canadian girl's adventures as a student of music in London

Leaven of malice by Robertson Davies ( Book )
51 editions published between 1954 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 958 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Out of spite, someone puts a false engagement notice in the local newspaper causing all parties great embarrassment

High spirits by Robertson Davies ( Book )
20 editions published between 1982 and 2002 in English and held by 917 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents an entertaining and witty collection of eighteen stories about ghosts and other haunting tales of the supernatural, including such notable literary apparitions as Ibsen and Charles Dickens

The enthusiasms of Robertson Davies by Robertson Davies ( Book )
15 editions published between 1979 and 1991 in English and held by 793 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Tempest-tost by Robertson Davies ( Book )
32 editions published between 1917 and 2006 in English and Undetermined and held by 687 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mathematics teacher Hector Mackiwraith falls in love with beautiful Griselda Webster during an amateur production of The tempest

Shakespeare's boy actors by Robertson Davies ( Book )
6 editions published between 1939 and 1964 in English and held by 672 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Salterton trilogy by Robertson Davies ( Book )
15 editions published between 1986 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 663 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the small university town of Salterton, Ontario, dreams are quietly taking shape, or falling apart. There's the Salterton Little Theatre Company, in which professional director Valentine Rich is tormented by the amateurish efforts of his actors. The families Vambrace and Bridgetower almost go to war over a fake notice of engagement in the local paper. And a family fortune is lavished on an aspiring singer because there is no male heir to claim it. Tracing the lives and incidents of a small community in the middle of the last century, "The Salterton Trilogy" peels off the public veneer of geniality and respectability to reveal the private passions simmering beneath

Conversations with Robertson Davies by Robertson Davies ( Book )
6 editions published between 1989 and 1990 in English and held by 556 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The mirror of nature by Robertson Davies ( Book )
6 editions published between 1983 and 1996 in English and held by 526 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Cornish trilogy by Robertson Davies ( Book )
11 editions published between 1991 and 2011 in English and held by 422 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Woven around the pursuits of the energetic spirits and erudite scholars of the University of St. John and the Holy Ghost, this dazzling trilogy of novels lures the reader into a world of mysticism, historical allusion, and gothic fantasy that could only be the invention of the inimitable Robertson Davies

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