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Preface
JaneUrquhartvisitedtheUniversityofŁódźinSeptember2007asaguest
ofhonourataconferenceentitledAlteredLandscapesanddevotedexclusively
toherwork.TheeventwaspossibleduetothegenerosityoftheCanadian
Embassy,whoseassistanceIgratefullyacknowledge.Iwouldespeciallyliketo
saythankyoutoMr.DavidPreston,theAmbassadorofCanada,whovery
kindlydecidedtosupporttheproject,andtothoserepresentativesofhiswho
attendedtheconference,thatis,CounsellorMs.BernadetteSt-JeanandCultural
OfficerMs.DelfinaŚwięćkowska.TheCanadianEmbassycontributedtothe
publicationofthisbookwithaverygenerousdonation.AtthisstageIwould
alsoliketothanktheheadoftheDepartmentofBritishLiteratureandCultureat
theUniversityofŁódź,ProfessorJerzyJarniewicz,withoutwhosesupportthis
bookwouldnothaveappeared.MygratitudeextendsalsotothePolish
AssociationforCanadianStudiesforfinanciallysupportingJaneUrquhart,s
visit.Finally,butimportantly,IwouldliketothankMr.AndrzejStrąk,President
oftheAssociationofPolishWritersinŁódźforhostingJaneUrquhartandother
participantsintheconferenceforaliteraryevening,duringwhichJaneread
excerptsfromherwritings,andIreadmytranslationsoftheseexcerptsinto
Polish.
Thepowerfulpresencebehindthisbookis,ofcourse,JaneUrquhartherself,
anditistoherthatthebookisdedicatedwithourthanksandcompliments.We
allappreciatedherbeingwithus,herpatiencewithourpapers,herresponsesto
ourquestions,andherunforgettablyelegantspeechandwarmth,whichmadethe
conferenceroomsparklewithwitandinspiration.
ThearticlescollectedinthisbookweresubmittednotonlybyCanadianists,
butalsobyscholarsabletomediatebetweentheirownliteraryinterestsandJane
Urquhart,soeuvre.Individualswhowerepresentattheconferencecameaway
"altered”bythelandscapesinJaneUrquhart,sfiction,whichbroughthome
importanttruths.ThebookopenswithmyinterviewwithJaneUrquhart,which