Alice Munro /

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.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Howells, Coral Ann
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press : Distributed exclusively in the U.S. by St. Martin's Press, 1998.
Series:Contemporary world writers.
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Table of Contents:
  • Contexts and intertexts
  • Ontario gothic : Dance of the happy shades and Something I've been meaning to tell you
  • Secrets and discoveries : Lives of girls and women
  • Only formal connections : The beggar maid : Stories of Flo and Rose
  • Star maps and shifting perspectives : The moons of Jupiter
  • The art of indeterminacy : The progress of love
  • On lies, secrets, and silence : Friends of my youth
  • Taking risks : Open secrets
  • Critical overview and conclusion.