He became extremely concerned in a writing career after having a creative-writing course at Chico State College (now California State University, Chico) in 1958. ... In his last decade Carver taught creative writing at Syracuse University, living with the poet Tess Gallagher, whom he married in 1988. Winning Mildred Harold Strauss Living Award in 1983 finally paved him the way to devote his full time to writing. ... Writing Style Carver's writing style is said to be very much like Ernest Hemingway's, and that it's an example of minimalism (Hemingway being a master of minimalism)...

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• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Mother Savage In the short story of Mother Savage by Guy de Maupassant, we learn of what life was like for a widowed mother whose only son goes off to war, the setting taking place in Virelogne, France during the Franco-Prussian war. Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) lived during this time and parti...

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• Grade Level: High School

I read many of his short stories and realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. ... Although numerous critics have different views on Poe's writing style, I believe that Harold Bloom hits the mark rather appropriately when he says that "Poe has an uncanny talent for exposing our common nightmares and hysteria lurking beneath our carefully structured lives." ... There is a violent realism in his macabre writings unequaled by the Americans who worked in the same genre." ...

• Word Count: 4324
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School