{"product_id":"the-art-of-subtext-beyond-plot-paperback","title":"The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Baxter\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharles Baxter inaugurates \u003ci\u003eThe Art of\u003c\/i\u003e, a new series on the craft of writing, with the wit and intelligence he brought to his celebrated book \u003ci\u003eBurning Down the House: Essays on Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFiction writer and essayist Charles Baxter's \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot \u003c\/i\u003ediscusses and illustrates the hidden subtextual overtones and undertones in fictional works haunted by the unspoken, the suppressed, and the secreted. Using an array of examples from Melville and Dostoyevsky to contemporary writers Paula Fox, Edward P. Jones, and Lorrie Moore, Baxter explains how fiction writers create those visible and invisible details, how what is displayed evokes what is not displayed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Art of Subtext\u003c\/i\u003e is part of \u003ci\u003eThe Art of\u003c\/i\u003e series, a new line of books by important authors on the craft of writing, edited by Charles Baxter. Each book examines a singular, but often assumed or neglected, issue facing the contemporary writer of fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. \u003ci\u003eThe Art of\u003c\/i\u003e series means to restore the art of criticism while illuminating the art of writing.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHARLES BAXTER\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of ten books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Feast of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the National Book Award, and \u003ci\u003eBurning Down the House: Essays on Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e. He teaches at the University of Minnesota and lives in Minneapolis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 120\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.2 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 24, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Minnesota Book Award (2008)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771623735584,"sku":"9781555974732","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9aa242d48048186ddf77cfbe46eabc42.webp?v=1780389818","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-art-of-subtext-beyond-plot-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}