Island Studies lecture examines L.M. Montgomery’s urban P.E.I.

Chairwoman of L.M. Montgomery Studies and Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture to present final lecture of the 2018 series, May 15

A lecture open to the public will examine the Island’s iconic late author L. M. Montgomery’s urban Prince Edward Island.

The final presentation in the 2018 Island Studies Lecture series takes place on Tuesday, May 15, at 7 p.m. in the Faculty Lounge of UPEI’s SDU Main Building.

Dr. Kate Scarth, chairwoman of L.M. Montgomery Studies and Applied Communication, Leadership and Culture, will present “Anne of Charlottetown and Summerside: L.M. Montgomery’s Urban P.E.I.”

The presentation follows Anne of Green Gables to Charlottetown and Summerside.

In the revered novel Anne of Green Gables, Anne goes to Queen’s College—a fictional version of Prince of Wales College—and in Anne of Windy Poplars, Anne is the principal of Summerside High School.

Montgomery’s rural Island is reflected in her own writings, and later film and TV adaptations from Kevin Sullivan’s 1980s miniseries starring Megan Follows to CBC/Netflix’s recent Anne with an E, and the many tourist sites like Green Gables that celebrate the author.

While the rural looms large in her life and work, Montgomery was also a chronicler of urban Canada.

She wrote journals and letters about her life in Charlottetown, Prince Albert, Halifax and Toronto, while three novels, Anne of the Island, Anne of Windy Poplars and Jane of Lantern Hill, have significant urban settings.

Admission to the lecture free.

For more information, contact Laurie at iis@upei.ca or 902-894-2881. is