Essay Archive - Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories
Disjunction vs. Communion in Raymond Carver's Short Stories
Raymond Carver, poet, essayist, and short story writer, was very
different from some other writers in that he clipped his writing until only
the essential remained. " Carver not only acknowledged the effect that
fiction could have on readers, he proclaimed that it should affect
readers."( Bonetti 58) Thus, when Carver writes about intimate
relationships, the reader perceives the stories as more than entertainment
or skillful language; the reader relates to the ch....
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