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Henderson Street Bazaar and Other Stories

The preface, "Against Buses: Charles Baxter and the Contemporary Epiphany" deals with the epiphany as a potential ending to short stories. Baxter holds that epiphanies are trite and without purpose in today's fiction. I argue that Baxter's view, while not without merit, is limiting. Beginning with James Joyce and Katherine Anne Porter and moving to my own work, I discuss how some epiphanies, particularly false ones, can enhance rather than detract from excellent fiction. Five short stories make up the remainder of this thesis: "Dedication," "Taking it with You," "Transition to Flowers," "Profile in Courage," and "Henderson Street Bazaar."

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc33222
Date12 1900
CreatorsBriseño, J. Andrew
ContributorsPenkov, Miroslav, Tait, John, 1969-, Friedman, Bonnie
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
Formatiii, 81 p., Text
RightsPublic, Copyright, Briseño, J. Andrew, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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