Art matters : Hemingway, craft, and the creation of the modern short story /
Robert Paul Lamb.
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010.
- xviii, 273 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Historical genre, dispassionate presentation, and authorial judgment : the legacy of Maupassant and Chekhov -- Minimizing words and maximizing meaning : suggestiveness, concision, and omission -- Depicting consciousness in modern fiction : expressionism and impressionism from Crane to Cather and Hemingway -- Who sees and who speaks : Hemingway's art of focalization -- Repetition and juxtaposition : from Stein to Hemingway -- Openings, endings, and the disjunctive bump -- The normative center, the illustrative stamp, and the Joycean epiphany -- The new art of constructive dialogue : from James to Hemingway -- Plot, characterization, and setting.