{"product_id":"the-art-of-subtext-beyond-plot-9781555974732","title":"The Art of Subtext: Beyond Plot","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/24\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555974732\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.42lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.98h x 5.10w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Minnesota Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2007 pg. 135\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2008 pg. 257\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Charles Baxter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36659639877788,"sku":"9781555974732","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5b62c936-75eb-484d-aecc-87965dcfa8ee.jpg?v=1603895186","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-art-of-subtext-beyond-plot-9781555974732","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}