Burning down the house : essays on fiction/
Baxter, Charles,1947-
Saint Paul, Minn. : Graywolf Press,
2008.
Includes bibliographical references.
Dysfunctional narratives, or "Mistakes were made" -- On defamiliarization -- Against epiphanies -- Talking forks : fiction and the inner life of objects -- Counterpointed characterization -- Rhyming action -- Maps and legends of Hell : notes on melodrama -- The Donald Barthelme Blues -- Stillness -- Regarding happiness -- Sonya's last speech, or, double voicing: an essay in sixteen sections.
American fiction