Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction - Couverture souple

 
9780802084897: Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction
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ISBN 10 : 0802084893 ISBN 13 : 9780802084897
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2003

Synopsis

Award-winning Canadian writer Carol Shields has garnered praise from scholars and an international audience of readers. Inspired by the quality and scope of Shields's work, Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction addresses her creative exploration of postmodernism. As the first thorough examination of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author, this collection of essays establishes the groundwork for future studies of her oeuvre.

The collection begins with a significant new essay from Shields herself, 'Narrative Hunger and the Overflowing Cupboard, ' perhaps her most substantial commentary upon her own aims as a writer. In addition, scholars from Canada, England, the United States, and Australia explore the complexity of Shields's work and her contributions to the genre of the novel. These lively essays reflect Shields's verve and her playful approach to today's sophisticated critical thinking. Among the topics are Shields's use of biography and autobiography, metafiction, popular romance, and symbolism. While the essays foreground the unreliability of language, and hence our inability to know one another or even ourselves, the contributors argue that Shields has taken a step beyond postmodernism by suggesting that we can transcend the limitations of its epistemology.

Containing several essays on Swann and The Stone Diaries, Shields's most popular works, and the most extensive annotated bibliography available of works by and about Shields, this collection will appeal widely to scholars, students, and readers of Carol Shields and Canadian fiction.

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À propos de l?auteur

Edward Eden is an associate professor of English at Hanover College.

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Éditeur
University of Toronto Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0802084893
ISBN 13 
9780802084897
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
336
Éditeur
Eden Edward, Goertz Dee
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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9780802036605: Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction

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ISBN 10 :  0802036600 ISBN 13 :  9780802036605
Editeur : University of Toronto Press, 2003
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