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The Worlds of Carol Shields (Reappraisals: Canadian Writers)
David Staines
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Description for The Worlds of Carol Shields (Reappraisals: Canadian Writers)
Paperback. The Worlds of Carol Shields is the first book to examine Shields' extraordinary career and life through the lens both of close friends and of literary critics. Editor(s): Staines, David. Series: Reappraisals: Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
"Carol was a very fine writer and a remarkable human being, a wonderful person whose work I closely followed for more than 20 years. I interviewed her frequently over those years, with virtually every work she produced -novel, radio drama, play, book of stories. So I had a good sense of the span of her work and also her evolution as a stylist. But the key reason I wanted to make a book focusing on her life and work is that we were friends." -Eleanor Wachtel This book strikes the right balance between intimate accounts and literary ... Read more
"Carol was a very fine writer and a remarkable human being, a wonderful person whose work I closely followed for more than 20 years. I interviewed her frequently over those years, with virtually every work she produced -novel, radio drama, play, book of stories. So I had a good sense of the span of her work and also her evolution as a stylist. But the key reason I wanted to make a book focusing on her life and work is that we were friends." -Eleanor Wachtel This book strikes the right balance between intimate accounts and literary ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Univ of Ottawa Pr
Condition
New
Series
Reappraisals: Canadian Writers
Number of Pages
328
Place of Publication
Ottawa, Canada
ISBN
9780776622064
SKU
V9780776622064
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About David Staines
Professor of English at the University of Ottawa, David Staines specializes in medieval literature and culture and Canadian literature and culture. In the former, he has published Tennyson's Camelot: The Idylls of the King and Its Medieval Sources, and translated The Complete Romances of Chretien de Troyes; in the latter, he published The Canadian Imagination: Dimensions of a Literary Culture, ... Read more
Reviews for The Worlds of Carol Shields (Reappraisals: Canadian Writers)
Most of the 23 pieces in this collection were presented at a conference celebrating the work of Shields at the University of Ottawa in 2012. (...) These pieces wrap the collection in a quilt of affectionate memory of Carol Shields as a person, teacher and a friend that will be a necessary comfort for the non-academic reader of the book ... Read more