Added by: cinthyaaruj | Karma: 29.92 | Fiction literature | 12 January 2011
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Where I'm Calling From: Selected Stories
Where I'm Calling From is a short story and the title of a collection of thirty-seven short stories by American author Raymond Carver
This story, as well as many of his others, focuses on the effects of alcohol. Throughout this story he experiments with use of quotation and focuses on the healing factors of storytelling.
Raymond Carver: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide (Bloom's Major Short Story Writers)
Raymond Carver is viewed as a genius within the limits he imposed upon himself whose early work was heavily influenced by Earnest Hemingway. The work of this modern-day author who died at a young age is studied in this volume by some of the most respected critics on the subject. Examined works include "Where I'm Calling From," "Cathedral," "Fever," "The Bridle," and "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love."
At one time, Mickey Spillane had authored seven of the top ten bestsellers in history, and may have been the most widely read author in the world. Spillane masterful storytelling grabs his readers with his first paragraph and leads them spellbound toward his climax. Along with Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, and Ross Macdonald, he remains one of America's greatest mystery writers. This book is a convenient guide to his works.
asks what makes literature? How does it work? How do we read it?
explores varying literary styles and authorship.
deals with openings, point of view, speech, gender and pop fiction
includes a wide-range of literary extracts, from the classics of Hardy and Austen, to the contemporary works of Raymond Carver, Angela Carter, Nick Hornby, Irvine Welsh
