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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Dressing Up for the Carnival Information
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 Dressing Up for the Carnival is a short story collection published in 2000 by a Canadian author Carol Shields, which depicts 12 characters who live their lives through illusions. The Carnival is a metaphor for life, and "dressing up" represents the... 
 Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Coral Ann Howells
5,449 words, approx. 18 pages
 In the following essay, Howells discusses two stories from the collection Dressing Up for the Carnival, asserting that Shields's writing displays “a subversive carnivalesque energy.”
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Critical Review by Laura Moss
1,655 words, approx. 6 pages
In the following review of Dressing Up for the Carnival, Moss comments that the best stories in the collection focus on love and marriage and highlight Shields's experimentation with narrative form.
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Critical Review by Margaret Walters
892 words, approx. 3 pages
In the following review, Walters praises Dressing Up for the Carnival as a fine collection of lively stories, and lauds Shields's use of vivid detail.
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