Carol Shields and the Writer-Critic

Brenda Beckman-Long

Published by University of Toronto Press 2015

Carol Shields and the Writer-Critic

Brenda Beckman-Long

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442663442

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About this book

Carol Shields and the Writer-Critic contributes to the scholarship on life writing and autobiography, literary criticism, and feminist and critical theory.

Author / Editor information

Beckman-Long Brenda :

Brenda Beckman-Long is an assistant professor of English at Briercrest College and Seminary, which is affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan.

Reviews

Carol Ann Howells, University of London/University of Reading:

"…a valuable contemporary reappraisal, convincingly arguing that for Shields writing is a social and political act…"

Gillian Roberts, University of Nottingham:

"Carol Shields and the Writer-Critic is an intelligent contribution to Shields scholarship, and a rewarding read for students and scholars alike."

Aritha van Herk, Department of English, University of Calgary:

“Carol Shields and the Writer-Critic is a valuable study of Shields’ complex relationship with autobiography, biography, and authorship. Beckman-Long’s interpretations are original, interesting, and persuasive. They open a new door to this writer’s novels.”

Neil Besner, Department of English, University of Winnipeg:

“No-one has argued as coherently and persuasively for a reading of all of Shields’s fiction that traces her development as a writer-critic from its beginning.”

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgements Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Permissions Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Introduction: Shields as Writer-Critic: Autobiography and the Politics of Self-Representation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One: The Problem of the Genre: The Autobiographical Pact in Small Ceremonies and The Box Garden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	21
Chapter Two: The Problem of the Author: Absence and the Epitaph of Victim in Swann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	42
Chapter Three: The Problem of the Body: Romance as Metaphysical Ruin in The Republic of Love Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
Chapter Four: The Problem of the Subject: The Stone Diaries as an Apocryphal Journal Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86
Chapter Five: The Problem of the Subject of Feminism: Unless as Meta-Autobiography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	145
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 176

eBook

Published: February 2, 2016
ISBN: 9781442663442