In the Heart of the Heart of the Country (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: William H. Gass
- First Published: 1967
- Type of Work: Short story
- Genres: Short fiction, Antistory
- Subjects: Politics, Love or romance, Rural or country life, Poetry or poets, Separation, Isolation
- Locales: Indiana
In “In the Heart of the Heart of the Country,” Gass not only makes short lists of names and objects, but he also creates the very structure of the tale from his ingrained habit of list-making. The story, in brief, becomes a list of lists. There is no regular story line or even normal paragraphing but rather a series of journal-like entries, each one with its appropriate subtitle such as “People,” “Weather,” or “Place.” There is only one voice, that of the unidentified poet-narrator, who is living in the dismally boring town of B. . . , Indiana (identified in the preface...
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