Blurring the Boundaries Explorations to the Fringes of Nonfiction

Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts and lies. Just how much truth is in nonfiction? How much is a lie?Blurring the Boundariessets out to answer such questions while simultaneously exploring...

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Main Author Hollars, B. J
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Lincoln UNP - Nebraska Paperback 2013
University of Nebraska Press
Edition1
Subjects
21st century
American
American prose literature
Creative nonfiction
Language & Literature
LITERARY COLLECTIONS
LITERARY CRITICISM
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Summary:Contemporary discussions on nonfiction are often riddled with questions about the boundaries between truth and memory, honesty and artifice, facts and lies. Just how much truth is in nonfiction? How much is a lie?Blurring the Boundariessets out to answer such questions while simultaneously exploring the limits of the form. This collection features twenty genre-bending essays from today's most renowned teachers and writers-including original work from Michael Martone, Marcia Aldrich, Dinty W. Moore, Lia Purpura, and Robin Hemley, among others. These essays experiment with structure, style, and subject matter, and each is accompanied by the writer's personal reflection on the work itself, illuminating his or her struggles along the way. As these innovative writers stretch the limits of genre, they take us with them, offering readers a front-row seat to an ever-evolving form. Readers also receive a practical approach to craft thanks to the unique writing exercises provided by the writers themselves. Part groundbreaking nonfiction collection, part writing reference,Blurring the Boundariesserves as the ideal book for literary lovers and practitioners of the craft.
ISBN:0803236484
9780803236486
DOI:10.2307/j.ctt1ddr853