{"product_id":"the-canadian-shields-stories-and-essays-paperback-softback-9781772840827","title":"The Canadian Shields; Stories and Essays (Paperback \/ softback) 9781772840827","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Canadian Shields\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStories and Essays\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCarol Shields (Author), Nora Foster Stovel (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781772840827\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 9 September 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e336 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.453 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNewly discovered work by one of Canada’s favourite writers\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Canadian Shields\u003c\/em\u003e brings together fifty short writings by Carol Shields (1935–2003), including more than two dozen previously unpublished short stories and essays and two dozen essays previously published but never before collected. Invaluable to scholars and admirers of Shields’s work, the writings discovered in the National Library Archives by Nora Foster Stovel and presented to the public here for the first time reflect Shields’s interest in the relationship between reality and fiction, mothers and daughters, and gender and genre. They also reveal her love of Canada, especially Winnipeg, her home for twenty years. Originally written for women’s magazines, travel journals, convocation addresses, and even graduate school term papers, Shields’s imaginative essays explore ideas about home, Canadian literature, contemporary women’s writing, and the future of fiction. Whether autobiographical, cultural, or feminist in focus, these works vividly illuminate the multiple chapters of Shields’s writing life. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMargaret Atwood and Lorna Crozier frame Shields’s texts with tributes to her work and impact. An introduction by Stovel situates Shields as a Canadian author and subversive feminist writer, demonstrating how American-born-and-raised Carol Anne Warner became “the Canadian Shields”—a quintessential and beloved Canadian writer and the only author to win both the Pulitzer Prize and the Governor General’s Gold Medal for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbbreviations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Margaret Atwood—\u003cbr\u003e“\u003cbr\u003e‘\u003cbr\u003eA Soap Bubble Hovering Over the Void’\u003cbr\u003e: A Tribute to Carol Shields\" \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: “\u003cbr\u003eThe Canadian Shields, or How an American Writer Became an Award-winning Canadian Author”\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART I: CAROL SHIELDS’\u003cbr\u003eS PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED STORIES AND ESSAYS \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eStories\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProtein Dust \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Message from Beyond \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Golden Boy, or Some Things Only Happen Once\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cem\u003eEssays\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGifts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChristmas Interruptus \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing to Canada \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDid anything happen to you in the fifties? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriters Are Readers First \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooks that Meant \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Reader-Writer Arc \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Writer’\u003cbr\u003es Second Self \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Writing Life \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMaking Words \/ Finding Stories \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Back Pages \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen’\u003cbr\u003es Voices in Literature \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen and The Short Story \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Feminine Line \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe New Canadian Fiction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrossing Over \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWriters’\u003cbr\u003e Gender Swapping \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Unity of Our Country \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAddress to University of Winnipeg Graduands \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConcordia University Convocation Address 1998 \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUniversity Leadership and Social Change \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIdealism and Pragmatism in Two Novels of Sara Jeannette Duncan \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Two Susanna Moodies \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Healing Journey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePART II: CAROL SHIELDS'\u003cbr\u003eS PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED BUT UNCOLLECTED ESSAYS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI’\u003cbr\u003eve Always Meant to Tell You: A Letter to My Mother \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAt Home in Winnipeg \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLiving at Home \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSunday Dinner, Sunday Supper \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMy Favorite Place—\u003cbr\u003eAt Home in Deepest France \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravelwarp \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLegacy of Stone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOthers \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat’\u003cbr\u003es in a Picture \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRare Petals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Purse of One’\u003cbr\u003es Own \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeidi’\u003cbr\u003es Conundrum \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eParties Real and Otherwise \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Best Teacher I Ever Had \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Visual Arts \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Delicate Balancing Act \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDivorce \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to \u003cem\u003eDuet\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarol Shields’\u003cbr\u003es Booker Prize Report \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword to \u003cem\u003eThe Stone Diaries\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword to \u003cem\u003eLife in the Clearings\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction to \u003cem\u003eMansfield Park\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword to \u003cem\u003eDropped Threads I\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword to \u003cem\u003eDropped Threads II\u003c\/em\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eConclusion\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword by Lorna Crozier—\u003cbr\u003e\"Carol'\u003cbr\u003es Haunting Voice\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNotes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWorks Cited\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Manitoba Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52693396422936,"sku":"9781772840827","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-canadian-shields-stories-and-essays-paperback-softback-9781772840827","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}