352:
338:
57:
Educated at the
Netherwood School in Rothesay, New Brunswick, Heathfield School in Ascot, England, and at the Sorbonne in Paris, Eaton rejected many of the social conventions of her time and class, giving birth out of wedlock to a daughter while at the Sorbonne. She wrote poetry from an early age,
575:
74:), brought her commercial success. She became an American citizen in 1945. A series of novels set in New France followed, as did a teaching appointment at
540:
565:
545:
58:
publishing the first, "The
Interpreter", in 1923. Two novels written in 1938 and 1939 received little notice, but in 1940, the publication of
555:
550:
90:
510:
415:
141:
In 1966, the Evelyn Sybil Mary Eaton
Collection, a repository for her books, manuscripts, and personal papers, was established in the
46:. Eaton was the younger of two daughters. Lt.-Col. Eaton was killed in 1917, while directing the artillery assault at the battle of
490:
22:(22 December 1902 – 17 July 1983) was a Canadian novelist, short-story writer, poet and academic known for her early novels set in
580:
390:
500:
82:, Virginia from 1951 to 1960, and a position as Writer in Residence with the Huntingdon Hartford Foundation in 1960 and 1962.
117:
530:
525:
495:
50:
in France, when Evelyn Eaton was just 14. Evelyn's older sister, Helen Moira, would marry Sir John
Lindsay Dashwood of the
570:
520:
38:, Switzerland, Eaton was the daughter of Canadians Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Isaac Vernon Eaton, an army officer from
535:
515:
461:
560:
505:
370:
365:
134:, four more novels, a volume of poetry, and a Ballet-oratorio would grow out of Eaton's continuing
125:
121:
142:
135:
485:
480:
419:
8:
102:
79:
75:
454:
A Green and Pagan Land : Myth, Magic and
Landscape in British film and television
394:
457:
357:
146:
51:
106:
130:
97:
depicts Edward and some of his retinue as secret followers of a pre-Christian
474:
343:
43:
67:
39:
71:
47:
23:
98:
35:
337:
325:
A biography of Evelyn Eaton, written by her daughter Terry Eaton
63:
138:
of what she believed were First
Nations' spiritual practices.
124:
heritage, and in the 1950s she began to read books about
576:
Writers of historical fiction set in the Middle Ages
333:
26:, and later writings which explored spirituality.
472:
323:Joy Before Night, the Last Years of Evelyn Eaton
78:from 1949 to 1951, a Visiting Lecturership at
443:Volume 20 Issue 1.157-162. Fall-Winter 1995
101:. The novel was influenced by the ideas of
541:Canadian expatriates in the United Kingdom
128:. A series of short stories published in
70:) in the early days of French settlement (
566:20th-century Canadian short story writers
546:Canadian expatriates in the United States
439:Clara Thomas. Evelyn Eaton (1902-1983).
116:Eaton had always felt that she had some
299:The Trees and Fields Went the Other Way
152:
114:The Trees and Fields Went the Other Way
473:
112:As described in 1974 autobiography,
556:20th-century Canadian women writers
551:Canadian expatriates in Switzerland
441:Atlantis: A Women's Studies Journal
13:
511:Canadian women short story writers
14:
592:
416:"Simon Fraser University - Eaton"
317:The Shaman and the Medicine Wheel
89:is a historical novel about King
350:
336:
491:20th-century Canadian novelists
29:
581:Canadian expatriates in France
446:
433:
408:
383:
1:
501:Canadian historical novelists
376:
7:
531:Sweet Briar College faculty
526:Columbia University faculty
496:20th-century Canadian poets
329:
42:, and Myra Fitzrandolph of
10:
597:
571:Women historical novelists
521:University of Paris alumni
305:Snowy Earth Comes Gliding
126:Native American religions
536:Writers from Nova Scotia
516:Canadian women novelists
371:List of American writers
366:List of Canadian writers
244:Give Me Your Golden Hand
238:The North Star is Nearer
190:Quietly My Captain Waits
60:Quietly My Captain Waits
226:The Heart in Pilgrimage
20:Evelyn Sybil Mary Eaton
196:Restless are the Sails
143:Mugar Memorial Library
391:"Canadian Literature"
268:I Saw My Mortal Sight
561:People from Montreux
506:Canadian women poets
153:Partial bibliography
293:Love is Recognition
274:The King is a Witch
232:Every Month was May
166:The Encircling Mist
103:James George Frazer
95:The King Is A Witch
87:The King Is A Witch
85:Eaton's 1965 novel
80:Sweet Briar College
76:Columbia University
208:The Sea is So Wide
452:Huckvale, David.
358:Literature portal
282:a Ballet-oratorio
220:Journey to a War
214:In What Torn Ship
202:Birds before Dawn
184:Pray to the Earth
147:Boston University
62:, a novel set in
52:Dashwood Baronets
588:
465:
450:
444:
437:
431:
430:
428:
427:
418:. Archived from
412:
406:
405:
403:
402:
393:. Archived from
387:
360:
355:
354:
353:
346:
341:
340:
287:Go ask the River
250:By Just Exchange
160:The Interpreter
596:
595:
591:
590:
589:
587:
586:
585:
471:
470:
469:
468:
451:
447:
438:
434:
425:
423:
414:
413:
409:
400:
398:
389:
388:
384:
379:
356:
351:
349:
342:
335:
332:
280:The Progression
155:
118:Native American
107:Margaret Murray
32:
17:
16:Canadian writer
12:
11:
5:
594:
584:
583:
578:
573:
568:
563:
558:
553:
548:
543:
538:
533:
528:
523:
518:
513:
508:
503:
498:
493:
488:
483:
467:
466:
445:
432:
407:
381:
380:
378:
375:
374:
373:
368:
362:
361:
347:
331:
328:
327:
326:
319:
313:
311:I Send a Voice
307:
301:
295:
289:
283:
276:
270:
264:
262:The Small Hour
258:
252:
246:
240:
234:
228:
222:
216:
210:
204:
198:
192:
186:
180:
174:
168:
162:
154:
151:
131:The New Yorker
31:
28:
15:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
593:
582:
579:
577:
574:
572:
569:
567:
564:
562:
559:
557:
554:
552:
549:
547:
544:
542:
539:
537:
534:
532:
529:
527:
524:
522:
519:
517:
514:
512:
509:
507:
504:
502:
499:
497:
494:
492:
489:
487:
484:
482:
479:
478:
476:
463:
462:9781476670508
459:
455:
449:
442:
436:
422:on 2015-04-02
421:
417:
411:
397:on 2014-04-07
396:
392:
386:
382:
372:
369:
367:
364:
363:
359:
348:
345:
344:Poetry portal
339:
334:
324:
320:
318:
314:
312:
308:
306:
302:
300:
296:
294:
290:
288:
284:
281:
277:
275:
271:
269:
265:
263:
259:
257:
253:
251:
247:
245:
241:
239:
235:
233:
229:
227:
223:
221:
217:
215:
211:
209:
205:
203:
199:
197:
193:
191:
187:
185:
181:
179:
175:
173:
172:Hours of Isis
169:
167:
163:
161:
157:
156:
150:
148:
144:
139:
137:
133:
132:
127:
123:
122:First Nations
119:
115:
110:
108:
104:
100:
96:
92:
88:
83:
81:
77:
73:
69:
65:
61:
55:
53:
49:
45:
44:New Brunswick
41:
37:
27:
25:
21:
464:(p. 24, 146)
453:
448:
440:
435:
424:. Retrieved
420:the original
410:
399:. Retrieved
395:the original
385:
322:
316:
310:
304:
298:
292:
286:
279:
273:
267:
261:
255:
249:
243:
237:
231:
225:
219:
213:
207:
201:
195:
189:
183:
177:
171:
165:
159:
140:
129:
113:
111:
94:
86:
84:
59:
56:
33:
30:Life account
19:
18:
486:1983 deaths
481:1902 births
178:Summer Dust
99:"Old Faith"
68:Nova Scotia
40:Nova Scotia
475:Categories
426:2014-08-19
401:2014-04-06
377:References
91:Edward III
72:New France
48:Vimy Ridge
24:New France
136:promotion
330:See also
36:Montreux
34:Born in
256:Flight
460:
64:Acadia
321:1988:
315:1982:
309:1978:
303:1974:
297:1974:
291:1971:
285:1969:
278:1967:
272:1965:
266:1959:
260:1955:
254:1954:
248:1952:
242:1950:
236:1949:
230:1946:
224:1946:
218:1946:
212:1945:
206:1943:
200:1943:
194:1942:
188:1940:
182:1938:
176:1938:
170:1928:
164:1925:
158:1923:
66:(now
458:ISBN
105:and
145:at
120:or
477::
456:,
149:.
109:.
93:.
54:.
429:.
404:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
