Alice Munro

by Coral Howells

Overview

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'.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780719045592
Publisher:	Manchester University Press
Publication date:	08/06/1998
Series:	Contemporary World Writers
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	5.08(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.43(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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

Editorial Reviews

A study of Canadian writer Alice Munro--author of the short story collections Dance of the Happy Shades, Open Secrets, Friend of My Youth, and Something I've Been Meaning to Tell You. Discussion of all her major works and a critical overview and analysis of her writing are presented. Of particular importance are issues of race, national, and cultural identity. Also included is a chronology of her life. Distributed by St. Martin's Press. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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