
Title
The Struggle for the Soul of the Sentence
Document Type
Article
Annotation
Uses Hemingway’s stripped prose style as a basis for comparing the next generation of authors, such as Carver and Pynchon. Claims that despite their aesthetic differences, they all imbue the “soul” of a sentence with complexity and nuance.
Published in
Wilson Quarterly
Volume
25
Issue
4
Date
2001
Pages
68-75
COinS
Citation
Birkerts, Sven. “The Struggle for the Soul of the Sentence.” Wilson Quarterly 25, no. 4 (Autumn 2001): 68-75.