New Paths to Raymond Carver: Critical Essays on His Life, Fiction, and Poetry

Brevity 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. New Paths to Raymond Carver brings 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.