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Book SynopsisCarol Shields and the Writer-Critic contributes to the scholarship on life writing and autobiography, literary criticism, and feminist and critical theory.
Trade Review"Carol Shields and the Writer-Critic is an intelligent contribution to Shields scholarship, and a rewarding read for students and scholars alike." -- Gillian Roberts, University of Nottingham * Contemporary Women's Writing, 12:3, Nov 2018 *
"…a valuable contemporary reappraisal, convincingly arguing that for Shields writing is a social and political act…" -- Carol Ann Howells, University of London/University of Reading * British Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 31 no 1 *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Shields as Writer-Critic: The Politics of Self-Representation and Autobiography Chapter One: The Problem of the Genre: The Autobiographical Pact in Small Ceremonies and The Box Garden Chapter Two: The Problem of the Author: Absence and the Epitaph of Victim in Swann Chapter Three: The Problem of the Body: Romance as Metaphysical Ruin in The Republic of Love Chapter Four: The Problem of the Subject: The Stone Diaries as Apocryphal Journal Chapter Five: The Problem of the Subject of Feminism: Unless as Meta-Autobiography Chapter Six: Conclusion
