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1 online resource (xvii, 193 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-185) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: Wrestling with a Fine Woman -- "Canadian" Creating the Creator -- "Woman" Useful Recognitions and Misrecognitions -- "Short Story" Remaking Genre -- "Writer" Implications of Authority -- Conclusion: What Is a Canadian Woman Short Story Author? -- An Overview of Fair Use -- Short Story Anthologies Edited by Robert Weaver or John Metcalf. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Munro, Alice, 1931- -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Munro, Alice, 1931- |
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Criticism and interpretation. |
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Munro, Alice, 1931- -- Archives.
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Archives.
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Munro, Alice. |
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Munro, Alice, 1931- -- Archives. |
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Munro, Alice, 1931- |
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Munro, Alice, 1931- -- Archives. |
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Munro, Alice. |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: McCaig, JoAnn, 1953- Reading in. [Waterloo, Ont.] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, ©2002 0889203369 (OCoLC)43279605 |
| ISBN |
0585469520 (electronic book) |
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9780585469522 (electronic book) |
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9780889203365 (alkaline paper) |
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0889203369 (alkaline paper) |
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1280925248 |
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9781280925245 |
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