
A Companion to Creative Writing
G. Harper(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 2. April 2013
Software
Other digital
456 pages
978-1-118-32575-9 (ISBN)
Description
A Companion to Creative Writing comprehensively considers key aspects of the practice, profession and culture of creative writing in the contemporary world. The most comprehensive collection specifically relating to the practices and cultural and professional place of creative writing Covers not only the "how" of creative writing, but many more topics in and around the profession and cultural practices surrounding creative writing Features contributions from international writers, editors, publishers, critics, translators, specialists in public art and more Covers the writing of poetry, fiction, new media, plays, films, radio works, and other literary genres and forms Explores creative writing's engagement with culture, language, spirituality, politics, education, and heritage
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
666 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-118-32575-9 (9781118325759)
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Graeme Harper
A Companion to Creative Writing
E-Book
03/2013
Wiley-Blackwell
€143.99
Available for download

Graeme Harper
A Companion to Creative Writing
E-Book
03/2013
Wiley-Blackwell
€143.99
Available for download
Content
Contributor Biographies Foreword -- Sir Andrew Motion Introduction -- Graeme Harper 1. Creative Writing 1. The Architecture of Story -- Lorraine Lopez, Vanderbilt University 2. Writing Creative Non-Fiction -- Bronwyn T. Williams, University of Louisville 3. Writing Poetry -- Nigel McLoughlin, University of Gloucestershire 4. Writing for Children and Young Adults -- Kathleen Ahrens, Hong Kong Baptist University 5. Write on! Practical Strategies for Developing Playwriting -- Peter Billingham, University of Winchester 6. Writing for Sound/Radio -- Steve May, Bath Spa University 7. Writing the Screenplay -- Craig Batty, RMIT University 8. New Media Writing -- Carolyn Handler Miller, University of New Mexico 9. How to Make a Pocket Watch: the British PhD in Creative Writing -- Simon Holloway, Independent Scholar 10. Creative Writing and the Other Arts -- Harriet Edwards and Julia Lockheart, Goldsmiths College, University of London and the Royal College of Art 2. The Creative Writer's Profession 11. Agents, Publishers and Booksellers: an Historical Perspective -- John Feather, LoughboroughUniversity 12. The Changing Role of the Editors: Editors Past, Present and Future -- Frania Hall, London College of Communication, University of the Arts, London 13. Translation as Creative Writing --Manuela Perteghella, Independent Scholar 14. Creative Writing and 'the lash of criticism' -- Steve Earnshaw, Sheffield Hallam University 15. "But What's Really at Stake for the Barbarian Warrior?" Developing a Pedagogy for Paraliterature -- Jeffrey S. Chapman, Oakland University 16. Creative Writing and Education -- Jeri Kroll, Flinders University 17. The Rise and Rise of Writers' Festivals -- Cori Stewart, Arts Queensland (Australia) 18. Creative Writing Research -- Graeme Harper, Oakland University 19. Literary Prizes and Awards -- Claire Squires 3. Creative Writing in the World 20. D.H.Lawrence, Forever on the Move. Creative Writers and Place -- Louise DeSalvo, Hunter College, New York 21. The Psychology of Creative Writing -- James Kaufman, Scott Kaufman, Marie Foregeard, University of Pennsylvania, New York University, California State University at San Bernardino 22. Creative Writing Around the World -- Matthew McCool, Independent Scholar 23. Cultural Heritage and Creative Writing -- Jamie Andrews, The British Library 24. Politics -- Jon Cook, University of East Anglia 25. Creative Writing and the Cold War University -- Eric Bennett, Providence College 26. "To the imagination, the sacred is self-evident": Thoughts on Spirituality and the Vocation of Creative Writing -- J. Matthew Boyleston, Houston Baptist University 27. The Teacher-Writer in the USA: the Place of Teachers in the Community of Writers -- Patrick Bizzaro, Indiana University of Pennsylvania 28. Creative Writing to the Future -- Graeme Harper, Oakland University Index