The Tumble of Reason
Much of the critical writing on the fiction of Alice Munro has explored and emphasized Munro''s ''realism''. But her stories frequently turn on what has been left out; they are rife with unsent (unfinished) letters, with things people mean to, but do not, say or tell. Ajay Heble''s study focuses on Munro''s involvement with a ''discourse of absence'' and suggests that our understanding of these te...
Much of the critical writing on the fiction of Alice Munro has explored and emphasized Munro''s ''realism''. But her stories frequently turn on what has been left out; they are rife with unsent (unfinished) letters, with things people mean to, but do not, say or tell. Ajay Heble''s study focuses on Munro''s involvement with a ''discourse of absence'' and suggests that our understanding of these te...
