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Technique and sensibility in the fiction and poetry of Raymond Carver / Arthur F. Bethea.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bethea, Arthur F., 1960- author.
- Series:
- Studies in major literary authors.
- Studies in major literary authors : outstanding dissertations
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988--Criticism and interpretation.
- Carver, Raymond.
- Carver, Raymond, 1938-1988--Technique.
- Postmodernism (Literature)--United States.
- Postmodernism (Literature).
- Realism in literature.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (341 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A comprehensive examination of the fiction and poetry of Raymond Carver.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chronology of Key Works; Introduction; Chapter One Reassessing Indeterminacy's Importance: An Examination of the Unreliable Narrators in Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?; Chapter Two ""What's in Alaska?"": Symbolic Significance in the Commonplace; Chapter Three The Education of Ralph Wyman: The Epistemological Theme in ""Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?""; Chapter Four Catatonic Realism? Further Analysis of Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?; Chapter Five Omission in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
- Chapter Six Excessive Authorial Control?: More Analysis of What We Talk About When We Talk About LoveChapter Seven Isolation and Withdrawal: The Still Bleak Prospects for Carver's Characters in Cathedral; Chapter Eight Communication in the Final Stories; Chapter Nine Raymond Carver's Poetic Technique; Chapter Ten A Thematic Guide to Carver's Poetry; Metapoetry and Tributes; Alcoholism; Marriage and Family; Nature; Death and Beyond; Chapter Eleven Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-311) and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781136544712
- 1136544712
- 9780203056066
- 020305606X
- 9781299460522
- 1299460526
- 9781136544644
- 113654464X
- OCLC:
- 839301851
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