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Reading in : Alice Munro's archives /
Collections of authors' manuscripts and correspondence have traditionally been used in ways that further illuminate the published text. JoAnn McCaig sets out to show how archival materials can also provide fascinating insights into the business of culture, reveal the individuals, institutions,...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Waterloo, Ont.] :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
©2002.
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| Colección: | CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Collections of authors' manuscripts and correspondence have traditionally been used in ways that further illuminate the published text. JoAnn McCaig sets out to show how archival materials can also provide fascinating insights into the business of culture, reveal the individuals, institutions, and ideologies that shape the author and her work, and describe the negotiations that occur between an author and the cultural marketplace. Using a feminist cultural studies approach, JoAnn McCaig 'reads in' to the archives of acclaimed Canadian short story writer Alice Munro in order to explore precisely how the terms 'Canadian', 'woman', 'short story', and 'writer' are constructed in her writing career. Munro's correspondence with mentor Robert Weaver, agent Virginia Barber, publishers Doug Gibson and Ann Close, and writer John Metcalf tell a fascinating story of how one very determined and gifted writer made her way through the pitfalls of the culture business to achieve the enviable authority she now claims.; McCaig's discussion of her own difficulties with obtaining copyright permission for the book raises important questions about freedom of scholarly inquiry and about the unforeseen difficulties and limitations of archival research. Despite these difficulties, McCaig's reading of the Munro archives succeeds in examining the business of culture, the construction of the aesthetic, and the impact of gender, genre, nationality, and class on authorship. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvii, 193 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585469520 9780585469522 9780889203365 0889203369 1280925248 9781280925245 9780889209480 0889209480 9786610925247 6610925240 |