Cathedral | Literary Precedents
Carver has expressed admiration for previous masters of fiction such as Tolstoy, Flaubert, and Chekhov; Hemingway, Joyce, and Durrell. He has praised contemporary storytellers such as Updike, Beattie, Mason, and Tobias Wolff. His literary precedents include these and other writers whose fiction exhibits a respect for nuances of spoken discourse, an eye for incongruous detail, and a meticulous care for design. Like Hemingway, Carver relies heavily on dialogue to carry meaning. Like Chekhov, he exhibits a finely modulated balance of sympathy and judgment for his characters. And like the...
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