%0 Journal Article %T Raymond Carver and the Ethos of Drinking %A David McCracken %J Advances in Literary Study %P 14-15 %@ 2327-4050 %D 2013 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/als.2013.12004 %X In Raymond Carver¡¯s ¡°Careful¡±, ¡°Gazebo¡±, and ¡°Chef¡¯s House¡±, characters depend on the process of drinking as a paradigm to understand their lives. In these three stories, the characters rely upon alcohol as a solution to problems paradoxically caused by their addiction to alcohol. %K Raymond Carver %K Alcoholism %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=29872