Judith Skelton Grant Explained

Judith Skelton Grant (born 1941) is a Canadian writer, editor and biographer.

Life

Grant has written about Leonard Cohen^[1] but she is better known for her editing of collections by novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, and professor Robertson Davies, as well as her biography of Davies, Robertson Davies: Man of Myth. She most recently wrote "A Meeting of Minds: The Massey College Story", a history of the college where Davies served as the first Master.

Selected bibliography

As author

• The Nature of Duty and the Problem of Passion in the Works of George Eliot - 1974
• Mavis Gallant and Her Works - 1989.
• Robertson Davies: Man of Myth, Viking, Toronto, 1994. (hard cover); (paperback)
• A Meeting of Minds: The Massey College Story, University of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2015.

As editor

• The Enthusiasms of Robertson Davies - 1979; revised 1990.
• The Well-Tempered Critic: One man's view of theatre and letters in Canada - 1981.
• For Your Eye Alone: Letters 1976-1995 - 1999.
• Discoveries: Early letters 1938-1975 - 2002.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Freeland . David . 2019-09-25 . Behind the Song: Leonard Cohen, "Suzanne" . 2023-05-10 . American Songwriter . en-US.