Alice Munro (Contemporary World Writers) - Softcover

Howells, Coral

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0719045592 ISBN 13: 9780719045592

Publisher: Manchester University Press, 1998

Synopsis

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'. -- .

About this title

Synopsis:

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. It highlights Munro's distinctive storytelling methods which combine the familiar and unfamiliar, slipping between realism and fantasy to make visible what is usually hidden in everyday life. These are women's narratives, full of silent female knowledge - of female bodies, love stories and romantic fantasies as well as female casualties.

About the Author:

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

About this edition

• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0719045592
• ISBN 13: 9780719045592
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 204