American Literature

American Literature

Introduction

This essay is based the analysis of Cathedral by Raymond Carver. First published in 1981 in the Atlantic Monthly, "Cathedral" became the title story of Raymond Carver's sixth collection of short fiction, which was published in 1983. Raymond Carver (1939-1988) is one of the most prominent American short story writers of the 1980s.

Raymond Carver expresses perhaps the most emotional and moving expression of a need for community through the figure of the narrator's wife. Throughout her life, the wife has experienced a profound feeling of disentanglement and a strong desire to find a larger community to join (www.romper20.hubpages.com, ...