Professor Emeritus (English)
B.A., M.A. (Alberta), Ph.D. (London)
Office: Catharine Parr Traill College, Wallis Hall 107
Telephone: (705) 748-1011 ext. 6015
E-mail: omitchell@trentu.ca
Research Interests
Romantic literature (especially William Blake's 'composite art"); Canadian Literature; creative writing (fiction, creative non-fiction, and adaptation); biography and autobiography; film studies
Current Research Projects
Editing and bringing out new editions of works by W.O. Mitchell; feature film and stage adaptations of works by W.O. Mitchell.
Selected Publications
Mitchell, The Life of W.O. Mitchell, The Years of Fame. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2005; "Afterward," Who Has Seen the Wind, Toronto: New Canadian Library, McClelland & Stewart, 2001;
W.O.: The Life of W.O. Mitchell, Beginnings to Who Has Seen the Wind,Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999; W.O. Mitchell Country, Portrayed by Courtney Milne, introductory essay and selected text by Barbara and Ormond Mitchell, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1999; An Evening with W.O. Mitchell, Selected, edited, and introduced by Barbaraand Ormond Mitchell, Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1997; "Blake's Subversive Illustrations to Wollstonecraft's Stories," Mosaic,
XVII/4 (1984, Fall), pp. 17-34; "Vision and Technique in Martyn Burke's California Movie and Carnivals," Journal of Canadian Studies, Vol. 16, No. 1 (1981, Spring), pp. 49-60; "A Faulkner Double Feature," Canadian Review of American Studies, 1980 (Spring), pp. 109-116.