Technique and Sensibility in the Fiction and Poetry of Raymond Carver

ISBN-13: 9780815340409 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 342 str.

Arthur F. Bethea

Opis

Emphasizing important techniques and themes, with due consideration of germane theoretical perspectives and relevant biographical materials, this study offers a comprehensive examination of Raymond Carver's fiction and poetry. Key arguments include a de-emphasis of indeterminacy in Carver's fiction; a detailed unfolding of his brilliant technique, especially his use of unreliable narration, symbolism, and omission; a rejection of the notion of Carver as catatonic realist as a reductive view ignoring the poignancy of his fiction; and a consideration of Carver's authorial control of his characters.

Spis treści

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 Love Chapter 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 Bibliography

O autorze

Arthur F. Bethea received his PhD. from Ohio University in 1996 and is currently an Assistant Professor of English at Purdue University-Calumet.