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Article: ROBERTSON DAVIES MAN OF MYTH, by Judith Skelton Grant; Viking (787 pages, $35).(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
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- January 10, 1996
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More than most authors, Robertson Davies earned his readers' affection. So those who were bereft at his passing last month at age 82 will be glad to learn that Judith Skelton Grant's ``Robertson Davies: Man of Myth'' is an affectionate biography. It is also one of the best literary biographies in a long while, a model of sound scholarship and sound judgment.
Grant addresses questions that Davies' readers would be likely to pose: What sort of man was this writer of three brilliant trilogies? What connection is there between the life he lived and a novel such as ``Fifth Business,'' which encapsulates Davies' unhappy days in the small Canadian town where he spent his ...