Visual Culture, Storytelling, and Becoming Emily: An Illustrated Essay

This paper examines L.M. Montgomery’s visualizing practices in developing Emily Byrd Starr as a woman and artist, focusing on the cultural “traces” (Gen Doy) of images, particularly portraits, and how Emily engages with—and ultimately resists—their encoded meanings and thus bequeaths a legacy to inspire others learning to look.

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Keynote Speaker: Lesley Clement Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

Wordsworth's Light and Shelley's Shadow: Revelation in L.M. Montgomery's Anne and Emily Series

Kimberly Wahl's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl

Kimberly Wahl's Instagram, Twitter & Facebook on IDCrawl

Keynote Speaker: Lesley Clement Journal of L.M. Montgomery Studies

Visual Culture, Storytelling, and Becoming Emily: An Illustrated Essay