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gavethetitletothewholecollection.Theauthorsaysthefollowinginresponse
tomylastquestion:"Iwouldliketobeabletocollectsmallnineteenthcentury
landscapepaintings.Andoneofthethingsaboutthesmallestofthemisthatyou
couldhavemanymanymanyonthewall.SoIcanbringthebeautifullandscapes
oftheworldhomeandputtheminmyhouse,andkeepthemsafeasthey
disappearfromtheearth.”Interestingly,theauthorhasalreadycollectedanum-
berofsuchlandscapesinherwritings,anditistotheselandscapesthatthe
articlesinthebookturninordertoexplorenotonlythetext,butalsothetextures
ofmemory,powerandsubversion.
TheinterviewisfollowedbyanarticlebyLauraFerri,anItalianCana-
dianistfromtheUniversityofSiena,whohostedJaneUrquhartbeforeandafter
myownconferenceandeditedapioneeringcollectionofessaysdevotedtothis
writer.LauraFerri,stitleaddressesthetwopolesofJaneUrquhart,swriting:
landscapeandart,andthewaytheyareinterconnected;thisthemere-surfaces
throughoutthebook.LauraFerrialsoshareswithusherobservationsonJane
Urquhart,sstayinSiena,andquotesfromthewriter,sresponsesrecordedduring
theconferencesinItaly.Thusthereadergainsuniqueinsightintothewriter,s
reflections,when"away”fromherCanadianandIrishhomes.
PartOneofthebookendswithtwoarticlesanalysingJaneUrquhart,s
novelsingeneral.ThefirstisbyAnnaBranach-Kallas,aPolishCanadianist
(NicolausCopernicusUniversityinToruń),whonotonlydefendedherdoctoral
dissertationonJaneUrquhart,sfiction,butalsopublishedanumberofessayson
herworkandanimportantbookentitledIntheWhirlpoolofthePast:Memory,
IntertextualityandHistoryintheFictionofJaneUrquhart.Thelastarticlein
PartOneisbyBrygidaGasztold(KoszalinUniversityofTechnology),who
specialisesinAmericanliterature,andpublishedabookonthefictionofJerzy
Kosiński.
PartTwoconsistsoffourarticlesexploringfourdifferentnovelsindetail.
Thefirstarticle,devotedtoAway(1993),wascontributedbyMariaEdelson
(UniversityofŁódź),whoexploresaparticularlyinterestingconnectionbetween
landscapeandstory.Thesecond,writtenbyAlanaVincent(Universityof
Glasgow),focusesonTheStoneCarvers(2001),whilereferringalsotothe
VimyMemorialdesignedbyWalterAllward,whobecomesoneofthecha-
ractersinJaneUrquhart,snovel.Thethirdarticle,onChangingHeaven(1987),
waswrittenbyAgnieszkaŁowczanin(UniversityofŁódź),whofocusesonthe
handlingofthepastinthisnovel.Thelastarticle,byMartaGoszczyńska
(UniversityofŁódź),dealswithanintertextuallevelinJaneUrquhart,slatest
novelAMapofGlass(2005),notablytheinfluenceofTheLadyofShalottby
Tennysononthebook.
Asisevidentfromthepublicationdates,thearticlescomprisingPartTwo
havenotbeengroupedtoreflectthechronologyofthenovelstheyengagewith.
Connectionsandtransitionsarethematic.Lackofchronologyisalsoevidentin
