The Shell Game: Writers Play with Borrowed Forms Contributor(s): Adrian, Kim (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0803296762 ISBN-13: 9780803296763 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: April 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Language Arts & Disciplines | Writing - Fiction Writing |
Dewey: 814.608 |
LCCN: 2017043654 |
Physical Information: 0.61" H x 6" W x 9" L (0.89 lbs) 276 pages |
Features: Bibliography, Price on Product |
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Publisher Description: Within the recent explosion of creative nonfiction, a new type of form is quietly emerging, what Brenda Miller calls "hermit crab essays." The Shell Game is an anthology of these intriguing essays that borrow their structures from ordinary, everyday sources: a recipe, a crossword puzzle, a Craig's List ad. Like their zoological namesake, these essays do not simply wear their borrowed "shells" but inhabit them so perfectly that the borrowed structures are wholly integral rather than contrived, both shaping the work and illuminating and exemplifying its subject. |
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