The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver
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- 2010
Summary
The Visual Poetics of Raymond Carver draws on the study of visual arts to illuminate the short stories of noted author Raymond Carver, in the broader context of vision and visualization in a literary text. Ayala Amir examines Carver's use of the eye-of-the-camera technique. Amir uncovers the tensions that structure his visual aesthetics and examines assumptions that govern scholarly discussions of his work, relating these matters to the complex nature of photography and to the current 'visual turn' of cultural studies. The research uses visual approaches to reflect upon traditional issues of narrative study-duration, dialogue, narration, description, frame, character, and meaning. Amir shows how Carver's visual aesthetics shapes the meaning of his stories, while also challenging accepted notions of the boundaries of 'the literary.'
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2010
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-7391-3921-9
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-7391-3923-3
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 198
- Product type
- Book Titles
Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Works by Raymond Carver No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Introduction No access
- CHAPTER 1: “I Don’t Do Motion Shots” No access
- CHAPTER 2: “Does That Have a Hidden Meaning?” No access
- CHAPTER 3: “Whoever Was Using This Bed” No access
- CHAPTER 4: “Why Do I Notice That?” No access
- CHAPTER 5: Raymond Carver’s “Man in a Case” No access
- CHAPTER 6: Singularity or Doubleness No access
- Conclusion No access Pages 175 - 178
- References No access Pages 179 - 188
- Index No access Pages 189 - 196
- About the Author No access Pages 197 - 198





