Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction

Published by University of Toronto Press 2003

Carol Shields, Narrative Hunger, and the Possibilities of Fiction

Edited by: Edward Eden and Dee Goertz

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442672758

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Eden Edward :

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

Dee Goertz is a professor of English at Hanover College.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Introduction Edward Eden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Section One: Narrative Hunger and the Overflowing Cupboard
Narrative Hunger and the Overflowing Cupboard Carol Shields Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
Section Two: The 'Precious Oxygen of Permission': Shields's Experiments with Narrative Form
Filling the Creative Void: Narrative Dilemmas in Small Ceremonies, the Happenstance Novels, and Swann Sarah Gamble Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
The Republic of Love and Popular Romance Faye Hammill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
The Stone Diaries, Jane Eyre, and the Burden of Romance Dianne Osland Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Autobiography As Critical Practice in The Stone Diaries Wendy Roy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
The Subjunctive Mode of One's Self': Carol Shields's Biography of Jane Austen Melissa Pope Eden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	147
Section Three: To 'Shorten the Distance between What Is Privately Felt and Universally Known': Reaching beyond the Word
Fat, Nail Clippings, Body Parts, or the Story of Where I Have Been: Carol Shields and Auto/Biography Chiara Briganti Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	175
'She Enlarges on the Available Materials': A Postmodernism of Resistance in The Stone Diaries Lisa Johnson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	201
Treading the Maze of Larry's Party Dee Goertz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
The Swann Who Laid the Golden Egg: A Cautionary Tale of Deconstructionist Cannibalism in Swann Kathy Barbour Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
Section Four: Annotated Bibliography
Carol Shields: An Annotated Bibliography Faye Hammill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	285
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	315

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 336

eBook

Published: June 3, 2003
ISBN: 9781442672758