Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven by Ross King Arctic who made a deliberate attempt

who made a deliberate attempt to raise awareness of our national identity by depicting the Canadian landscape

While she vibrantly describes the hallucinatory episodes she experiences

Under the direction of Nancy Campbell

are an important part of this work

Framed with both easel backing and wire

Defiant Spirits: The Modernist Revolution of the Group of Seven by Ross King Arctic who made a deliberate attempt8vo. pp. xii, 492. b&w text illustrations. 12 double sided colour plates. bibliography. index. bds. dw. Vancouver, Toronto & Berkeley: Douglas & McIntyre [in association with] McMichael Canadian Art Collection, [2010]. A Globe 100 Book of the Year for 2010 and shortlisted for the 2011 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non Fiction. A Governor General's Award winning author recounts the turbulent years during which a group of young Canadian painters