Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing

Name: Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing
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ISBN: 9780521145367

ISBN-10: 0521145368

ISBN-13: 9780521145367

Edition: 2012

Authors: David Morley, Philip Neilsen

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"Creative writing has become a highly professionalised academic discipline, with popular courses and prestigious degree programmes worldwide. This book is a must for all students and teachers of creative writing, indeed for anyone who aspires to be a published writer. It engages with a complex art in an accessible manner, addressing concepts important to the rapidly growing field of creative writing, while maintaining a strong craft emphasis, analysing exemplary models of writing and providing related writing exercises. Written by professional writers and teachers of writing, the chapters deal with specific genres or forms - ranging from the novel to new media - or with significant topics…

Book details

List price: $49.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 2/2/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 246
Size: 5.91" wide x 8.90" long x 0.51" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

David Morley is Senior Lecturer in English and Director of the Warwick Writing Programme at the University of Warwick.



List of illustrations


Notes on contributors


Acknowledgements


Foreword: on criticism and creativity




Introduction




Genres and Types



A writing lesson: the three flat tyres and the outer story




In conversation: a new approach to teaching long fiction




Genre and speculative fiction




Writing drama




Poetics and poetry




Travel writing




Creative writing and new media




Creative translation




Life writing




Topics



Serious play: creative writing and science




Outside the academy




Contemporary publishing




Imaginative crossings: trans-global and trans-cultural narratives




Does that make sense? Approaches to the creative writing workshop



Further reading Index


Index