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• Carver's Use of Figurative Language

  Brent has a Ph.D. in American culture, specializing in cinema studies, from the University of Michigan. She is a freelance writer and teaches courses in American cinema. In the following essay, Brent discusses Carver’s use of figurative language.

• The Middle Years: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love

  In the following essay, Meyer describes the minimal nature of ''What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,'' and examines the story's themes of ‘‘the difficulty of sustaining relationships’’ and ''the effect of alcoholism as a contributing factor to that difficulty.''

• The Several Varieties of Emotion

  In the following essay, Campbell discusses the ‘‘several varieties of emotion existing under the single rubric of love’’ in ‘‘What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.''

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1. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Introduction
2. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Summary
3. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Raymond Carver Biography
4. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Characters
5. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Themes
6. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Style
7. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Historical Context
8. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Critical Overview
9. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Essays and Criticism
   1. Carver's Use of Figurative Language
   2. The Middle Years: What We Talk About When We Talk About Love
   3. The Several Varieties of Emotion
10. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Compare and Contrast
11. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Topics for Further Study
12. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Media Adaptations
13. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: What Do I Read Next?
14. What We Talk About When We Talk About Love: Bibliography and Further Reading
15. Copyright

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