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050	0	4	_aPS366 _b.A447 2015
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100	1		_aClark, Robert C., _d1976- _e1
245	1	0	_aAmerican literary minimalism /Robert C. Clark.
250			_aFirst edition.
260			_aTuscaloosa : _bUniversity Alabama Press, _c(c)2015.
300			_a1 online resource.
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520	0		_a"Although a handful of books and articles have been written about American literary minimalism during the last forty years, the mode remains misunderstood. When in a 2011 interview in The Paris Review author Anne Beattie was asked how she felt about being "classed as a minimalist," she began her answer: "none of us have ever known what that means." Her response brings into focus the lack of agreement or clarity about the sources and definitions of literary minimalism. Robert C. Clark's American Literary Minimalism fills this significant gap. Clark demonstrates that, despite assertions by many scholars to the contrary, the movement originated in the aesthetic programs of the imagists and literary impressionists active at the turn of the twentieth century. The genre reflects the philosophy that "form is thought," and that style alone dictates whether a poem, story, or novel falls within the parameters of the tradition. The characteristics of minimalist fiction are efficiency, frequent use of allusion, and implication through omission. Organizing his analysis both chronologically and according to lines of influence, Clark offers a definition of the mode, describes its early stages, and then explores six works that reflect its core characteristics: Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time; Raymond Carver's Cathedral; Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City; Susan Minot's Monkeys; Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo; and Cormac McCarthy's The Road. In his conclusion, Clark discusses the ongoing evolution of the category. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
520	0		_a"Many of the authors Robert Clark discusses have yet to be recognized for their individual contributions to the emergence and continuing vitality of the movement. School of Images is organized based on chronology and lines of influence. In the introduction, Clark offers a definition of the mode and then describes its early stages. He then explores six works that reflect the core characteristics of the mode: Ernest Hemingway's In Our Time, Raymond Carver's Cathedral, Susan Minot's Monkeys, Jay McInerney's Bright Lights, Big City, Sandra Cisneros's Caramelo, and Cormac McCarthy's The Road. In the conclusion, he discusses contemporary authors and filmmakers whose work represents the ongoing evolution of the category"-- _cProvided by publisher.
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650		0	_aMinimalism (Literature) _zUnited States.
650		0	_aAmerican literature _y19th century _xHistory and criticism.
650		0	_aAmerican literature _y20th century _xHistory and criticism.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell