A Note on Utrecht Allegory
Alice Munro’s “The Peace of Utrecht” first appeared in Tamarack Review in 1960,1 eight years before it was collected as the penultimate story in Dance of the Happy Shades. Often cited as one of the strongest stories in this first collection, the story is generally read as a feminist study of sisterh...
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| Aineistotyyppi: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Kieli: | Anglais |
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Commonwealth Essays and Studies
2021
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| Linkit: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Yhteenveto: | Alice Munro’s “The Peace of Utrecht” first appeared in Tamarack Review in 1960,1 eight years before it was collected as the penultimate story in Dance of the Happy Shades. Often cited as one of the strongest stories in this first collection, the story is generally read as a feminist study of sisterhood and a covert portrait of Munro’s mother.2 Few critics fasten for long on the implications of the title.3 This note comments briefly on ways in which the titular allusion to the Peace of Utrecht constitutes a substantial and even allegorical function in the story rather than functioning simply as a metaphor for the sisters’ momentary entente. |
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