Gregory "Greg" Hollingshead (born 1947) is a Canadiannovelist. He is currently a professor of English at the University of Alberta. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto. Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The University of Alberta is situated along the south bank of the North Saskatchewan River in the heart of the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta, situated in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies. ... Motto: Fortis et liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English (see below) Flower Wild rose Tree Lodgepole Pine Bird Great Horned Owl Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ed Stelmach (PC) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total - Land - Water (% of total... The University of Toronto (U of T) is a coeducational public research university in Toronto, Ontario. ...
From the enduring love of Matthews and his wife, to the despair of the Bethlem inmates, to the moral agonies of John Haslam, Hollingshead's eye for rendering the human condition has never been finer.
This is a flawless novel in which imagination bridges the chasm between love and hate, between loss and reconciliation.
GregHollingshead creates a remarkably detailed picture of the social and political worlds of the 18 th century that raises intensely important questions about our own."
Hollingshead's is one of a whole range of Canadian voices to be heard far from his own shores recently; one of an exciting list that includes Anne Michaels, Gail Anderson-Dargatz, Eden Robinson, Shani Mootoo, Rohinton Mistry and Marilyn Bowering.
Hollingshead says that this scrutiny of content, at the expense of an appreciation of the formal qualities of a work, was determined from the moment Canadian literature entered the academy.
In hindsight, Hollingshead sees the impulse that preceded and promoted the debate on appropriation of voice to have been feminism, allied as it was to a desire to give the oppressed the chance to speak - women, gays, minority writers, children.
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