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OverviewBest known as one of the great short story writers of the twentieth century, Raymond Carver also published several volumes of poetry and considered himself as much a poet as a fiction writer. Sandra Lee Kleppe combines comparative analysis with an in-depth examination of Carver’s poems, making a case for the quality of Carver’s poetic output and showing the central role Carver’s pursuit of poetry played in his career as a writer. Carver constructed his own organic literary system of 'autopoetics,' a concept connected to a paradigm shift in our understanding of the inter-relatedness of biological and cultural systems. This idea is seen as informing Carver’s entire production, and a distinguishing feature of Kleppe’s book is its contextualization of Carver’s poetry within the complex literary and scientific systems that influenced his development as a writer. Kleppe addresses the common themes and intertextual links between Carver’s poetry and short story careers, situates Carver’s poetry within the love poem tradition, explores the connections between neurology and poetic memories, and examines Carver’s use of the elegy genre within the context of his terminal illness. Tellingly, Carver’s poetry, which has aroused slight interest among literary scholars, is frequently taught to medical students. This testimony to the interdisciplinary implications of Carver’s work suggests the appropriateness of Kleppe’s culminating discussion of Carver’s work as a bridge between the fields of literature and medicine. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Sandra Lee KleppePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: New edition Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.498kg ISBN: 9781472411679ISBN 10: 1472411676 Pages: 200 Publication Date: 09 April 2014 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Part I The Autopoetics of Outside and Inside: Section preface: a brief history of intertextuality; The autopoetics of observation; Crossover between poems and stories. Part II Self-Referential Poems: Section preface: a brief history of self-referential literature; 'All poems are love poems'; Water and fish. Part III De/Composition: Section preface: a brief history of literature and medicine; Carver's Baudelaire sandwich; What doctors and poets say; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.Reviews'Sandra Kleppe understands Carver's poems and the man who wrote them; she illuminates his work with deft, pertinent knowledge of literary theory and poetry.'Carol Sklenicka, author of Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life 'Sandra Kleppe understands Carver's poems and the man who wrote them; she illuminates his work with deft, pertinent knowledge of literary theory and poetry.' Carol Sklenicka, author of Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life Author InformationSandra Lee Kleppe is Professor of English at Hedmark University College, Norway. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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