Technique and Sensibility in the Fiction and Poetry of Raymond Carver

by Arthur F. Bethea

Overview

A comprehensive examination of the fiction and poetry of Raymond Carver.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815340409
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/29/2002
Series:	Studies in Major Literary Authors , #7
Pages:	342
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.10(h) x 3.80(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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