The Puritan Ethic.

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  • Author(s): Shulevitz, Judith
  • Source:
    New York Times Book Review. 03/11/2001, p35. 1p. 1 Color Photograph.
  • Additional Information
    • Subject Terms:
      ALL Hail the New Puritans (Book); LITERARY movements; LITERATURE; MINIMALISM (Literature)
    • Abstract:
      Comments on the book 'All Hail the New Puritans,' put together by the literary group the New Puritans. Manifesto to which contributors had to agree, which included the belief that contemporary literature should take place in the present and should contain no literary contrivances; Belief of the group that narrative simplicity is a main literary goal; Discussion of the stories 'Skunk,' by Geoff Dyer, and 'Not as Bad as This,' by Matt Thorne.