Creative Nonfiction A Guide to Form, Content, and Style, with Readings

Name: Creative Nonfiction A Guide to Form, Content, and Style, with Readings
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ISBN: 9781428231054

ISBN-10: 1428231056

ISBN-13: 9781428231054

Edition: 2010

Authors: Michael Pollak, Eileen Pollack

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CREATIVE NONFICTION thoroughly explains the processes that creative writers of nonfiction use in approaching their topics so students can use the techniques in many different writing situations--from first-year composition or service-learning courses to creative writing workshops, feature writing, and memoir writing. Part I covers the essentials of style, content, and form. In Part II, each chapter introduces a new form of creative nonfiction and offers samples drawn from a diverse array of essays. Exercises and prompts help students use this form in their own writing. Part II guides students in revising their drafts, both individually and collaboratively. Throughout the text, the author…

Book details

List price: $109.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Wadsworth
Publication date: 12/30/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 448
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English



Brief Contents


Preface for Instructors


Preface for Students: How to Use This Book



What Makes Creative Nonfiction Creative?



A Creative Presentation Of The Truth



An Engaging Voice And Style


Language


Exposition and Scene


""Knoxville: Summer of 1915"" by James Agee


Inspirations: Being There


Imagery


Inspirations: Don''t Be So Literal


Dialogue


""Casa: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood,"" by Judith Ortiz Cofer


Inspirations: What Did You Say?



An Interesting Centra