Az Eszterházy Károly Tanárképző Főiskola Tudományos Közleményei. 2000. [Vol. 6.] Eger Journal of American Studies. (Acta Academiae Paedagogicae Agriensis : Nova series ; Tom. 26)

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through which texts can communicate with each other. Ádám Molnár practices this method of analysis when comparing Hemingway's and Carver's works. He also introduces us to the classification of intertextual connections by referring to hypertextuality and paratextuality. When on a Fulbright grant, Gabriella Varró grappled with reviewing the manuscrips of Hemingway's The Garden of Eden which are three times longer than the published version of the novel. That significant difference in proportion made her meditate over understanding re-reading. Re-reading triggers the nascence of several layers of interpretations of the text, namely re-reading gender, race, Eden and the concept of art. The editor of the volume succeeds in compiling a memorable collection of essays which records the issues that scholars at the end of the 20th century were dealing with. In their heterogeneity of topics

— race, gender, ethnicity and conflict

—all the scholars write about one homogeneous geo-political entity which is the United States. All the essays are firmly based in and supported by theories on multiculturalism. Not only do they absorb ideas from secondary sources but they are argumentative as well. Those who want to plunge into multicultural studies should refer to the rich reservoir of works cited after the essays. The volume manages to capture the essence of an era in American culture, and by offering a pluralistic and crosscultural approach to American literature, it makes an outstanding contribution to American studies. 208