Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary

Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary
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Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9780773560307
ISBN-13 : 0773560300
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Book Synopsis Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary by : Marta Dvorak

Download or read book Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary written by Marta Dvorak and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2007 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Claiming the "ordinary" and "extra-ordinary" as critical categories, contributors to this volume explore the philosophical and literary import of Carol Shields's writing, its complex play with genre and narrative technique, its re-valuing of domesticity and gendered perspective, and the social critique implicit in its gentle satirical impulses.


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