Burning down the house : essays on fiction
(Book - Regular Print)
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Published
Saint Paul, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [1997].
Physical Desc
xiv, 245 pages ; 23 cm
Status
Prescott College - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
PS379.B38 1997
1 available
PS379.B38 1997
1 available
Yavapai College Prescott - LIMBO - Items being donated to other libraries
PS379.B37 1997
1 available
PS379.B37 1997
1 available
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Published
Saint Paul, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, [1997].
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"Lately I've been possessed of a singularly unhappy idea: the greatest influence on American fiction for the last twenty years may have been Richard Nixon." What happens to American fiction in a time when villains are deprived of their villainy; when our consumer culture insists on happy endings? Did Richard Nixon start a trend of dysfunctional narration that is now rife throughout fiction? In Burning Down the House, Baxter delves into the social and political circumstances that influence today's "urgent issues of storytelling." Baxter invites unexpected connections: between gossip and characterization; between Puritanism, consumerism, and epiphanies; between violence and data processing. By asking readers to "explore the imagination's grip on daily life and how one lives in the pressure of that grip," Baxter offers a unique perspective into the reading and writing of contemporary fiction.--Front cover flap.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Baxter, C. (1997). Burning down the house: essays on fiction . Graywolf Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baxter, Charles, 1947-. 1997. Burning Down the House: Essays On Fiction. Graywolf Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Baxter, Charles, 1947-. Burning Down the House: Essays On Fiction Graywolf Press, 1997.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Baxter, Charles. Burning Down the House: Essays On Fiction Graywolf Press, 1997.
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