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2019-10-01
SSHRC IG funded 2020: This study of Carol Shields' oeuvre has three aims: to explore her achievement in challenging nonfiction genres; to explore how this work influenced her novels; and to explore how this work rendered her fiction increasingly feminist and postmodernist. Methods include
researching Shields' archives, comparing and annotating drafts; interviewing her agents, editors and family members; exploring her evolving revision of each genre; and reviewing her many interviews and the rich store of critical studies of her oeuvre. Research output goals will include: 1] a monograph on her
entire oeuvre wherein I will trace the evolution of her feminist revision of literary genre. "Sparkling Subversion: Carol Shields' Vision and Voice" will examine her twenty-four books (ten novels, three poetry collections, three story collections, four plays, two critical biographies, two editions) and