{"product_id":"new-paths-to-raymond-carver-critical-essays-on-his-life-fiction-and-poetry-hardcover","title":"New Paths to Raymond Carver: Critical Essays on His Life, Fiction, and Poetry - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSandra Lee Kleppe\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Miltner\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA balanced assessment of the acclaimed writer's poetry and fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrevity and intensity characterized the life and literary creations of Raymond Carver, but too often his prose and poetry have been viewed in isolation rather than as interconnected parts of an artistic whole. \u003ci\u003eNew Paths to Raymond Carver \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together a distinguished chorus of voices to assess fully Carver's life, stories, and verse, proffering new inroads for critical investigations into the impressive corpus of work wrought during the celebrated writer's tragically brief career.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited by Sandra Lee Kleppe and Robert Miltner, the anthology features pieces by noted Carver scholars Randolph Paul Runyon and Kirk Nesset, a chapter by Carver's longtime friend and fellow writer William Kittredge, and the first publication in English of the introduction to the Japanese edition of \u003ci\u003eUltramarine\u003c\/i\u003e by Carver's widow, Tess Gallagher. International in scope, this collection includes essays by a number of emerging Carver scholars representing France, Norway, Canada, and the United States.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first half of the collection offers six insightful essays on Carver's poems, spanning his career and grappling with such topics as the musical quality and dreamlike nature of his verse, treatments of death and gender in his late work, themes of voyeurism, and his vocabulary of affection. The second grouping of essays focuses on current interpretations of Carver's fiction and covers topics as widely variant as McCarthyism, Alcoholics Anonymous, television, humor, voyeuristic empathy, and the crucial role of the banal in Carver's diction. The volume closes with Kittredge's moving reflections on Carver's life and premature death.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Miltner\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of English at Kent State University Stark, and he is on the faculty of the Northeast Ohio M.F.A. creative-writing program. Editor of the \u003ci\u003eRaymond Carver Review, \u003c\/i\u003e Miltner is the author of eleven chapbooks of poetry, including Against the Simple, winner of a Wick Chapbook Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 9.16 x 6.41 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47426838134962,"sku":"9781570037245","price":85.48,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/5716819d98328c526c3cf0efc0e9af22.webp?v=1778518510","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/new-paths-to-raymond-carver-critical-essays-on-his-life-fiction-and-poetry-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}