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Reading In: Alice Munros Archives

Autor JoAnn McCaig
en Limba Engleză Electronic book text – 2006
What can we learn about authorship through a reading of a writers archive? 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. Munros 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. McCaigs 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, McCaigs 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. While on one level telling the story of one authors career the progress of Alice Munro, so to speak the book also illustrates how cultural studies analysis suggests ways of opening up the rich but underutilized literary resource of authorial archives to all researchers.
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ISBN-13: 9780889209480
ISBN-10: 0889209480
Pagini: 216
Editura: Wilfrid Laurier University Pre
Colecția Wilfrid Laurier University Press (CA)

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Table of Contents for Reading In Alice Munros Archives by JoAnn McCaig Preface Acknowledgements Chapter I: Introduction: Wrestling with a Fine Woman Chapter II: Canadian: Creating the Creator Chapter III: Woman: Useful Recognitions and Misrecognitions Chapter IV: Short Story: Remaking Genre Chapter V: Writer: Implications of Authority Chapter VI: Conclusion: What Is a Canadian Woman Short Story Author? Appendices Appendix 1: An Overview of Fair Use Appendix 2: Short Story Anthologies Edited by Robert Weaver or John Metcalf Notes Works Cited Index