Margaret Avison

Margaret Avison — Margaret Avison studied at University of Toronto. the recorded working language is English. Distinctions recorded are Guggenheim Fellowship and Officer of the Order of Canada. Margaret Avison is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q6759152. It is also recorded that margaret Avison is recorded as poet and writer. Institutional cataloguing adds that margaret Avison was born in 1918 at Cambridge. Institutional cataloguing adds that margaret Avison died in 2007 at Toronto.

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Identity and overview

The following is established of the heading itself.

Margaret Avison is recorded in the structured authority under the identifier Q6759152. Institutional cataloguing adds that margaret Avison is recorded with the citizenship of Canada.

Publications and editions

The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count.

View from West Fulton Street is dated 1983 and held by The Art Institute of Chicago (inventory 1983.478). The Art Institute of Chicago catalogues 3 works under this heading. Wikidata Query Service catalogues 1 work under this heading.

Digitised material and holdings

Institutional holdings are recorded as follows.

The Swimmer's Moment is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. It is also recorded that the Art Institute of Chicago records 3 objects associated with this heading.

Sources and evidence

This entry is compiled from 10 catalogued sources across 6 independent registers. The registers consulted are Crossref registry, Internet Archive, Wikimedia Foundation, The Art Institute of Chicago, DOAJ and Wikipedia. Every statement above is held against the register that stated it; where the registers are silent, the entry is silent.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    George Herbert and Metaphysical Poetry in Canada: Margaret Avison, Richard Outram, Don Domanski, and Luke Hathaway, George Herbert Journal, 2026

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Gerotranscendence as Literary Theory: Reading the Later Poems of Margaret Avison and W. B. Yeats, The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and Aging, 2024

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Margaret Avison: The All-Swallowing Moment, ESC: English Studies in Canada, 1976

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    The Mind's Eyes (I's) (Ice): The Poetry of Margaret Avison, Twentieth Century Literature, 1970

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q6759152: Margaret Avison

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Wikimedia Foundation

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    “Margaret Avison”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Margaret Avison.

    open access index · Unverified

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    Internet Archive, 3 digitised items catalogued under Margaret Avison as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Margaret Avison.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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