Alice Munro

This is the first full-length study of Alice Munro's work to be published in Britain. Highlights Munro's distinctive storytelling methods where everything becomes both 'touchable and mysterious'.

Sommario

Series Editor's Foreword
List of Abbreviations
Chronology
1. Contexts and intertexts
2. Ontario Gothic: 'Dance of the Happy Shades' and 'Something I've Meaning to Tell You'
3. Secrets and Discoveries: 'Lives of Girls and Women'
4. Only formal connections: 'The Beggar Maid'
5. Star Maps and Shifting Perspectives: 'The Moons of Jupiter'
6. The Art of Indeterminacy: 'The Progress of Love'
7. On lies, secrets and silence: 'Friend of My Youth'
8. Taking Risks: 'Open Secrets'
9. Critical overview and conclusion
Notes
Select Bibliography
Index

Info autore

Coral Ann Howells is Professor of English and Canadian Literature at the University of Reading

Riassunto

This study of the work of Alice Munro explores the appeal of her fictions of small-town Canada with their precise attention to social surfaces and their fascination with local gossip and scandal.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Coral Howells, Coral Ann Howells
• Editore: Ingram Publishers Services
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 06.08.1998
• EAN: 9780719045592
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-4559-2
• Pagine: 208
• Dimensioni: 129 mm x 198 mm x 11 mm
• Peso: 204 g
• Serie: Contemporary World Writers; Contemporary World Writers
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; Canada, Alice Munro, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Canadian, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form