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carol shields and the extra-ordinary This page intentionally left blank Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary Edited by (cid:2) marta dvorák and manina jones McGill-Queen’sUniversityPress Montreal&Kingston(cid:2)London(cid:2)Ithaca © McGill–Queen’sUniversityPress2007 isbn978-0-7735-3220-5 Legaldepositfirstquarter2007 BibliothèquenationaleduQuébec PrintedinCanadaonacid-freepaper Thisbookhasbeenpublishedwiththehelpofagrantfromthe CanadianFederationfortheHumanitiesandSocialSciences,through theAidtoScholarlyPublicationsProgramme,usingfundsprovidedby theSocialSciencesandHumanitiesResearchCouncilofCanada. McGill-Queen’sUniversityPressacknowledgesthesupportofthe CanadaCouncilfortheArtsforourpublishingprogram.Wealso acknowledgethefinancialsupportoftheGovernmentofCanada throughtheBookPublishingIndustryDevelopmentProgram(bpidp) forourpublishingactivities. LibraryandArchivesCanadaCataloguinginPublication (cid:2) CarolShieldsandtheextra-ordinary/editedbyMartaDvorákand ManinaJones. Includesbibliographicalreferences. isbn978-0-7735-3220-5 (cid:2) 1.Shields,Carol,1935-2003–Criticismandinterpretation. I.Dvorák, Marta II.Jones,Manina ps8587.h46z632007 c813’.54 c2006-904926-2 IllustrationsinChapters2and6arepublishedbypermissionofDonald Shields,fortheCarolShields’LiteraryTrust. TypesetbyJayTeeGraphicsLtd.inAdobeGaramond11/13 Contents Acknowledgments vii Contributors ix OutoftheOr(cid:2)dinary:Introduction 3 marta dvorák and manina jones 1 AViewfromtheEdgeoftheEdge 17 carol shields part one essaying/assaying genre: biography, archive, short story, novel 2 VoiceandRe-vision:TheCarolShieldsArchivalFonds 33 catherine hobbs 3 (Es)SayingItHerWay:CarolShieldsasEssayist 59 christl verduyn 4 “Dolls,Dolls,Dolls,Dolls”:Intothe(Extra)ordinaryWorldofGirlsand Women 80 christine lorre 5 CarolShields’sTheRepublicofLove,orHowtoRavishaGenre 97 taïna tuhkunen vi Contents 6 Larry’sA/MazingSpaces 115 coral ann howells part two margins of otherness: reflection, subjectivity, embodiment 7 AKnowableCountry:EmbodiedOmniscienceinCarolShields’sThe RepublicofLoveandLarry’sParty 139 lorna irvine 8 PioneeringInterlacedSpaces:ShiftingPerspectivesandSelf-Representationin Larry’sParty 157 patricia-léa paillot 9 Scenesfroma(Boston)Marriage:TheProsaicsofCollaborationand CorrespondenceinACelibateSeason 172 manina jones 10 “ArtefactOutofAbsence”:ReflectionandConvergenceintheFictionof CarolShields 191 ellen levy 11 ErosintheEyeoftheMirror:TheRewritingofMythsinCarolShields’s “Mirrors” 205 héliane ventura part three extra-ordinary performances: production and reception 12 Disappearance(cid:2)and“theVisionMultiplied”:WritingasPerformance 223 marta dvorák 13 LargeCeremonies:TheLiteraryCelebrityofCarolShields 238 lorraine york 14 Mischiefs,Misfits,andMiracles 256 aritha van herk Index 271 Acknowledgments Theeditorsofthisvolumewouldliketothanktheauthorsandthefollow- inginstitutionsandindividualsfortheircontributionstotheongoingdia- logue that produced this volume: the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Canadian Federation for the Humani- ties and Social Sciences Aid to Scholarly Publications programme, the University of Western Ontario, the Sorbonne Nouvelle, the Centre d’Études Canadiennes de Paris iii–Sorbonne Nouvelle, the anonymous readers for McGill-Queen’s University Press, Nathalie Cooke, Jonathan Crago, Cécile Fouache, Faye Hammill, Michelle Hartley, Coral Ann Howells, Elizabeth Hulse, Michèle Kaltemback, Afra Kavanagh, Jean- Michel Lacroix, Joan McGilvray, Marcienne Rocard, Marilyn Rose, Lee Thompson,ArithavanHerk,KristenWarder,andJohnZucchi.Weare especiallyindebtedtoCarolandDonaldShields. This page intentionally left blank Contributors (cid:2) marta dvorák isprofessorofCanadianandCommonwealthLitera- turesattheSorbonneNouvelle. catherine hobbs isliterarymanuscriptlibrarian,CanadianLitera- tureResearchService,LibraryandArchivesCanada. coral ann howells is professor of English and Canadian litera- tureattheUniversityofReading. lorna irvine isprofessorofEnglishandwomen’sstudiesatGeorge MasonUniversity. manina jones is associate professor of English at the University of WesternOntario. ellen levy ismaîtredeconférencesattheUniversitédeToulouse–Le Mirail. christine lorre ismaîtredeconférencesattheSorbonneNouvelle. patricia paillot ismaîtredeconférencesatiufmd’Aquitaine.
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