American literary minimalism / Robert C. Clark.

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"Many of the authors Robert Clark discusses have yet to be recognized for their individual contributions to the emergence and continuing vitality of the movement. School of Images is organized based on chronology and lines of influence. In the introduction, Clark offers a definition of the mode and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clark, Robert C., 1976- (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Tuscaloosa : The University Alabama Press, [2014]
Subjects:	Minimalism (Literature) > United States. American literature > 19th century > History and criticism. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism. LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General. Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre:	Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Physical Description:	196 pages ; 24 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

L'Ancienne: Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time
A Chekhov-Hemingway amalgamation: Raymond Carver's Cathedral
Popular minimalism: Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City
Images, fragments and little moments: Susan Minot's Monkeys
Transnational minimalism: Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo
The state of the art: Cormac McCarthy's The Road.