Memory Matters: Alice Munro’s Narrative Handling of Alzheimer’s in "The Bear Came over the Mountain" and "In Sight of the Lake"

This essay analyzes two recent stories by Alice Munro, “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” (Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage, 2001) and “In Sight of the Lake” (Dear Life, 2012). Both short stories attempt to fictionalize Alzheimer’s disease, albeit in different ways. What the two n...

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Main Author: Begoña Simal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Zaragoza 2014-12-01
Series:Miscelánea: A Journal of English and American Studies
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Online Access:https://papiro.unizar.es/ojs/index.php/misc/article/view/8781