Literary Impostors Canadian Autofiction of the Early Twentieth Century

"An entertaining and well-written study of the reinvention or re-engenderment of the lives of the surprisingly high number of 'impostors' in early Canadian literature. Heidenreich makes convincing points through suspensefully told detective work." Martin Kuester, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Institute of English and American Studies "Rosmarin Heidenreich treats the subjects of 'literary imposters' and autofiction with great understanding and knowledge, making them comprehensible and captivating to the reader. This is a wonderful book that examines its characters with great insight. A considerable advancement." Diana Birchall, author of Onoto Watanna: The Story of Winnifred Eaton "Stretch your imagination beyond actuality and imagine that Fitzgerald substituted his own name for that of his narrator Nick Carraway, supplying him with details from Fitzgerald's actual upbringing and career. These are the sort of tangles writhing their way within Rosmarin Heidenreich's engaging study of seven Canadian literary impostors." Literary Review of Canada "[Heidenreich's] psychoanalytic approach to storying the authors' lives and unpacking their literary texts will provide many scholars with rich information about the authors and their texts." Auto/biography Studies