Focusing on Alice Munro’s last three collections, this book
examines the differences between these volumes and the rest of her
work to analyse the emergence and the difference of her 'late
style'. Alice Munro has effectively reshaped the short story as a
form. This book focuses on Munro’s art of recursion - an approach
that has been evident throughout her career but came to the fore in
her last three books, The View from Castle Rock (2006), Too Much
Happiness (2009) and, especially, Dear Life (2012). This recursion
and return manifest themselves not only in Munro's return to
previously published pieces, but also to her discovery and
meditations on her Scottish heritage, which can be read as entrance
to her own understanding of herself and her life. Its provenance,
displayed through archival evidence, is complex yet reveals a
writer intent on a precise late style. Munro's final works serve as
a coda to both her late style and to her entire career as arguably
one of the finest short story writers ever to put pen to paper.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
November 2023 |
Authors: |
Robert Thacker
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
|
Pages: |
240 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-27038-1 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-350-27038-5 |
Barcode: |
9781350270381 |
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!