Download or read book Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary written by Marta Dvorak and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2007-04-19 with total page 453 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carol Shields and the Extra-Ordinary begins with a previously unpublished article by Shields. In the essays that follow, international scholars employ a variety of theories and methodologies in their analyses of her work, including narrative theory, cultural criticism, feminist analysis, psychoanalytic approaches, tropological explication, theories of authorship, and ficto-criticism to demonstrate how Shields's writing represents a genuine revision of literary realism in which the ordinary is subject to contemplation and not just celebration.