Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary
Will be published approx. on 19. April 2007
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-7735-3220-5 (ISBN)
Description
A groundbreaking collection on the transformative power of Carol Shields's aesthetics of the everyday.
Reviews / Votes
"There is no collection of essays that so thoroughly, and from so many different points of view, takes up the vexed issue of the 'ordinary' in Shields's fiction and treats it as the extraordinary instrument that it actually is." Neil Besner, University of WinnipegMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Montreal
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
13 b&w photographs
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
510 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7735-3220-5 (9780773532205)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Marta Dvorak | Manina Jones
Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary
E-Book
06/2014
1st Edition
McGill-Queen's University Press
€89.99
Available for download
Marta Dvorak | Manina Jones
Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary
E-Book
04/2007
McGill-Queen's University Press
€162.99
Available for download
Persons
Marta Dvorak is professor, Canadian and Commonwealth literatures, Sorbonne Nouvelle.
Manina Jones is associate professor, English, University of Western Ontario.
Manina Jones is associate professor, English, University of Western Ontario.
Content
Contributors include Carol Shields, Marta Dvorak (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Catherine Hobbs (Library and Archives Canada), Coral Ann Howells (Reading), Lorna Irvine (George Mason), Manina Jones (Western Ontario), Ellen Levy (Toulouse-Le Mirail), Christine Lorre (Sorbonne Nouvelle), Patricia-Lea Paillot (IUFM d'Aquitaine), Taina Tuhkunen (Nantes), Aritha van Herk (Calgary), Heliane Ventura (Orleans), Christl Verduyn (Mount Allison), and Lorraine York (McMaster)