Author: David MorleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521547543
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
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The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing
Author: David MorleyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494370
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
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 that explore the cutting edge state of creative writing internationally (including creative writing and science, contemporary publishing and new workshop approaches).
The Cambridge Introduction to F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author: Kirk CurnuttPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139462474
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Although F. Scott Fitzgerald remains one of the most recognizable literary figures of the twentieth century, his legendary life - including his tempestuous romance with his wife and muse Zelda - continues to overshadow his art. However glamorous his image as the poet laureate of the 1920s, he was first and foremost a great writer with a gift for fluid, elegant prose. This introduction reminds readers why Fitzgerald deserves his preeminent place in literary history. It discusses not only his best-known works, The Great Gatsby (1925) and Tender Is the Night (1934), but the full scope of his output, including his other novels and his short stories. This book introduces new readers and students of Fitzgerald to his trademark themes, his memorable characters, his significant plots, the literary modes and genres from which he borrowed, and his inimitable style.
The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing
Author: Tara MokhtariPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350056693
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
Covering all of the major genres, The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing is a complete introductory manual for students of creative writing. Now in its second edition, the book features an updated and expanded chapter on writing for digital media, and new exercises for reading across the genres and writing hybrid forms. Through a structured series of practical writing exercises – perfect for the classroom, the writer's workshop or as a starting point for a portfolio of work – the book builds the student writer from the first explorations of voice and the relationship between writing and knowledge, through to mastery of a wide range of genres and forms. The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing covers such genres as: · Autobiographical writing · Short fiction · Poetry · Screenwriting and writing for performance · Writing for digital media, including video games and social media With practical guidance on writing scholarly critiques of your own work and a glossary of terms for ease of reference, The Bloomsbury Introduction to Creative Writing is an essential manual for any introductory creative writing course and a practical companion for more advanced writers.
The Cambridge Introduction to Edward Said
Author: Conor McCarthyPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139491407
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
One of the most famous literary critics of the twentieth century, Edward Said's work has been hugely influential far beyond academia. As a prominent advocate for the Palestinian cause and a noted music critic, Said redefined the role of the public intellectual. In his books, as scholarly as they are readable, he challenged conventional critical demarcations between disciplines. His major opus, Orientalism, is a key text in postcolonial studies that continues to influence as well as challenge scholars in the field. Conor McCarthy introduces the reader to Said's major works and examines how his work and life were intertwined. He explains recurring themes in Said's writings on literature and empire, on intellectuals and literary theory, on music and on the Israel/Palestine conflict. This concise, informative and clearly written introduction for students beginning to study Said is ideally set up to explain the complexities of his work to new audiences.
The Cambridge Companion to Narrative
Author: David HermanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521856965
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to Narrative provides a unique and valuable overview of current approaches to narrative study. An international team of experts explores ideas of storytelling and methods of narrative analysis as they have emerged across diverse traditions of inquiry and in connection with a variety of media, from film and television, to storytelling in the 'real-life' contexts of face-to-face interaction, to literary fiction. Each chapter presents a survey of scholarly approaches to topics such as character, dialogue, genre or language, shows how those approaches can be brought to bear on a relatively well-known illustrative example, and indicates directions for further research. Featuring a chapter reviewing definitions of narrative, a glossary of key terms and a comprehensive index, this is an essential resource for both students and scholars in many fields, including language and literature, composition and rhetoric, creative writing, jurisprudence, communication and media studies, and the social sciences.
Author: Bran NicolThe Cambridge Introduction to Jane Austen
Author: Janet ToddPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139458558
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 3
Book Description
Jane Austen is unique among British novelists in maintaining her popular appeal while receiving more scholarly attention now than ever before. This innovative introduction by a leading scholar and editor of her work explains what students need to know about her novels, life, context and reception. Each novel is discussed in detail, and all the essential information about her life and literary influences, her novels and letters, and her impact on later literature and culture is covered. While the book considers the key areas of current critical focus its analysis remains thoroughly grounded in readings of the texts themselves. Janet Todd outlines what makes Austen's prose style so innovative and gives useful starting points for the study of the major works, with suggestions for further reading. This book is an essential purchase for all students of Austen, as well as for readers wanting to deepen their appreciation of the novels.
The College Handbook of Creative Writing
Author: Robert DeMariaPublisher: Cengage Learning Mexico
ISBN: 9780840030795
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Hone your creative writing skills with this best-selling, portable little handbook! Ideal for all levels of writing from introductory to advanced, THE COLLEGE HANDBOOK OF CREATIVE WRITING, Fourth Edition, covers all the necessary fundamentals for creative writing in the genres of fiction, poetry, and drama. Exploring theme, setting, characters, plot, point of view, tone, style, description, dialogue, thoughts, time, images, and sounds, the handbook includes contemporary and classic selections that serve as writing models, as well as end-of-chapter exercises and writing suggestions that help you practice fundamental writing skills. A glossary of literary terms and a bibliography complete this concise book. This edition includes updated selections, more examples, revised exercises, and a revised Chapter 14, "Writing as a Career."
The Cambridge Companion to Prose
Author: Daniel TylerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108940580
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
This Companion provides an introduction to the craft of prose. It considers the technical aspects of style that contribute to the art of prose, examining the constituent parts of prose through a widening lens, from the smallest details of punctuation and wording to style more broadly conceived. The book is concerned not only with prose fiction but with creative non-fiction, a growing area of interest for readers and aspiring writers. Written by internationally-renowned critics, novelists and biographers, the essays provide readers and writers with ways of understanding the workings of prose. They are exemplary of good critical practice, pleasurable reading for their own sake, and both informative and inspirational for practising writers. The Cambridge Companion to Prose will serve as a key resource for students of English literature and of creative writing.
