Aspects of David Adams Richards’ Fictional World

This book approaches David Adams Richards’ work by focusing on the evolution of the fictional world shared by his 18 novels. This world is arguably the most distinctive feature of Richards’ fiction. Along with the narrative strategies he employs to capture it, Richards’ fictional world develops steadily over the course of his long career, and while always rooted in his native Miramichi Region of New Brunswick, it gradually evolves to include many other geographical areas and diverse social milie