Jingqiong Zhou
Raymond Carver's Short Fiction in the History of Black Humor
Jingqiong Zhou · 2006
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"This first book-length study on the black humor in Raymond Carver's work includes valuable interpretations of Carver's aesthetics as well as the psycho-social implications of his short fiction. The presence of an indeterminate "menace" in the oppressive situations of black humor in Carver - as compared to a European tradition of existentialist writing and his American predecessors including Twain, Heller, Barth and others - is mitigated through humor so it is not dominant. As a result, a subtle promise emerges in the characters' lives."--Jacket.
Book details
- Year
- 2006
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing
- Editions
- 1
- Pages
- 142
- ISBN
- 9780820486208
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