Historical genre, dispassionate presentation, and authorial judgment : the legacy of Maupassant and Chekhov
Minimizing words and maximizing meaning : suggestiveness, concision, and omission
Depicting consciousness in modern fiction : expressionism and impressionism from Crane to Cather and Hemingway
Who sees and who speaks : Hemingway's art of focalization
Repetition and juxtaposition : from Stein to Hemingway
Openings, endings, and the disjunctive bump
The normative center, the illustrative stamp, and the Joycean epiphany
The new art of constructive dialogue : from James to Hemingway
Plot, characterization, and setting.
