In the Region of Ice
by Joyce Carol Oates
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- Theory of Short Fiction (Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition)
- Joyce Carol Oates (Critical Survey of Poetry: American Poets)
- Joyce Carol Oates (Cyclopedia of World Authors, Fourth Revised Edition)
- Joyce Carol Oates (Identities & Issues in Literature)
- Joyce Carol Oates (The Sixties in America)
- Joyce Carol Oates (Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition)
- Joyce Carol Oates (Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Second Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Joyce Carol Oates
- First Published: 1966
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Psychological fiction, Short fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, 1960's, Suicide, Guilt, Midwest, Emotions, Mental illness, Obsession, Colleges or universities, Students or student life, Mental institutions, hospitals or asylums, Nuns
- Locales: United States, Midwest (U.S.), North America
The Work
“In the Region of Ice,” first published in The Atlantic Monthly and later in the collection The Wheel of Love, won the O. Henry first prize in short fiction for 1967. It shares with other early Oates works, including the novel Son of the Morning (1978) and the story “Shame” (1968), a religious protagonist and a concern for spiritual issues. Sister Irene teaches the works of William Shakespeare at a small, Catholic university. For all practical purposes, she lives “in the region of ice”—a region void of feeling and passion. She is...
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