Not far from here : the Paris Symposium on Raymond Carver / edited by Vasiliki Fachard and Robert Miltner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fachard, Vasiliki, author.

Miltner, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century.

American poetry.

Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988--Criticism and interpretation.

Carver, Raymond.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (160 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [United Kingdom] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hailed as the ""American Chekhov"" by the Times Literary Supplement, Raymond Carver is the most popular and influential American short-story writer since Ernest Hemingway. His works have been adapted to film and translated into more than twenty languages. Yet despite this international appeal, the critical attention to his writing has originated mostly in the US. In an attempt to expand the scope and range of Carver criticism, Not Far From Here: The Paris Symposium on Raymond Carver - based o...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; BIOGRAPHICAL STUDIES; TEXTUAL STUDIES; BEGINNERS' LUCK; FROM "BEGINNERS" TO "WHAT WE TALK . . . "; FILM AND VISUAL STUDIES; 'SO WHY WOULD I WANT A PHOTOGRAPHOF THIS TRAGEDY?'; ATHREATENING FETISH; LITERARY STUDIES; SIGNS VS. SYMBOLS; LACK AND LEFTOVERS; LITERARY STUDIES; CELEBRATING THE MOMENT; 'WAITING FOR WHAT? I'D LIKE TO KNOW'; CONTRIBUTORS; PERMISSIONS; INDEX OF NAMES AND WORKS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 17, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-5856-0

OCLC:

875636693