num_pages: 245
description: Looks at how political and historical events have shaped modern American fiction, and discusses narrative, characterization, and melodrama
language: English
title: Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
titlecomplete: Burning Down the House: Essays on Fiction
genres: College, Crafts, Literary Criticism, Criticism, Essays, Writing, Short Stories, Nonfiction, Literature, Books About Books
ratings_count: 1420
publisher: Graywolf Press