{"product_id":"new-paths-to-raymond-carver-sandra-lee-kleppe-9781570037245","title":"New Paths to Raymond Carver: Critical Essays on His Life, Fiction, and Poetry","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sandra Lee Kleppe\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1570037248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781570037245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of South Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.03lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.41w x 0.89d","brand":"Sandra Lee Kleppe","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43939690184959,"sku":"9781570037245","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_eb79e9f1-ab9a-4190-ae47-412382ae1003.jpg?v=1681442945","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/new-paths-to-raymond-carver-sandra-lee-kleppe-9781570037245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}