Cathedral | Essays and Criticism
- "Cathedral" through Imagination
In the essay below, this author uses reader response theory to demonstrate how readers use their imaginations to "see" the short story, ‘‘Cathedral, '' just as the narrator learns to ''see'' a cathedral through his collaboration with the blind man.
- From Castle to Cathedral: The Architecture of Masculinity in Raymond Carver's "Cathedral"
In the following essay, Bullock argues that many of Carver's protagonists are concerned with dilemmas of masculine identity, most notably the narrator in ''Cathedral.''
- Blind, Intertextual Love: "The Blind Man" and Raymond Carver's "Cathedral’’
In the following excerpt, Cushman compares "Cathedral" to D. H. Lawrence's ‘‘The Blind Man,’’ discussing the manner in which Carver's work is influenced by Lawrence, and how Carver ''rewrites'' the ending of ''The Blind Man,'' allowing a "communion" between the blind and the sighted to take place.
- Understanding Raymond Carver
In the following excerpt, Saltzman discusses the development of the narrator in "Cathedral."
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