Mothers and other clowns
Subtitle: the stories of Alice Munro
By: Magdalene Redekop.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
Subjects: Munro, Alice -- Criticism and interpretation.; Women and literature -- Canada -- History -- 20th century.; Magic realism (Literature); Mothers in literature.
Description: "This is the first study of the work of Alice Munro to focus on her obsession with mothering, and to relate it to the hallucinatory quality of her magic realism. A bizarre collection of clowning mothers parade across the pages of Munro's fiction, playing practical jokes, performing stunts, and dressing in thrift shop disguises that recycle vintage literary images. Paying close attention to their mimicries, Magdalene Redekop studies this parade with the aim of gaining increased understanding of Munro's evolving comic vision. As the outlines of her aesthetic are delineated, it becomes clear that it involves a new way of looking at autobiography and a new way of looking at narrative sequence"--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [240]-247) and index.