Alice Munro's narrative art
By: Isla Duncan
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780230338579
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Women and literature; History
Description: "Among the first critical works on Alice Munro's writing, this study of her short fiction is informed by the disciplines of narratology and literary linguistics. Through an examination of Munro's narrative art, Isla Duncan demonstrates a rich understanding of the complex, densely layered, often unsettling stories. " -- Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The confiding first person narrator; title: Changing perspectives; title: Competing testimonies; title: The 'queer bright moment'; title: 'The love of a good woman'; title: What is remembered; title: 'A constant re-working of close personal material'; title: 'Marooned on islands of their own choosing'.