Lamb, Robert Paul, 1951-

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.

9780807135501 (cloth : alk. paper) 080713550X (cloth : alk. paper) 9780807140031 (pbk.)

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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 --Technique.


Short story.

PS3515.E37 / Z6885 2010

813/.52