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Creative writing and the new humanities /

by Dawson, Paul.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2005Description: 254 p. ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415332206 (alk. paper); 0415332214 (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric -- Study and teaching | Creative writing (Higher education) | Humanities -- Study and teachingOnline resources: Publisher description
Contents:
Introduction : building a garret in the ivory tower -- From imagination to creativity -- Disciplinary origins -- Workshop poetics -- Creative writing in Australia -- Negotiating theory -- What is a literary intellectual? -- Conclusion : towards a sociological poetics.
Review: "In this new book, Paul Dawson demonstrates that the discipline of Creative Writing developed as a series of pedagogic responses to the long-standing 'crisis' in Literary Studies. He traces the emergence of Creative Writing alongside the New Criticism in American universities; examines the writing workshop in relation to theories of creativity and literary criticism; and analyses the evolution of Creative Writing pedagogy alongside and in response to the rise of 'Theory' in America, England, and Australia."--BOOK JACKET.
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808.042 WIC The contemporary writer : 808.042 WIE Elements of research : 808.042 WIS Style : 808.042071 DAC Creative writing and the new humanities / 808.042071173 MCP The program era : 808.042071173 WAH Helping students write well : 808.0427 BEF Before and after :

Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-244) and index.

Introduction : building a garret in the ivory tower -- 1. From imagination to creativity -- 2. Disciplinary origins -- 3. Workshop poetics -- 4. Creative writing in Australia -- 5. Negotiating theory -- 6. What is a literary intellectual? -- Conclusion : towards a sociological poetics.

"In this new book, Paul Dawson demonstrates that the discipline of Creative Writing developed as a series of pedagogic responses to the long-standing 'crisis' in Literary Studies. He traces the emergence of Creative Writing alongside the New Criticism in American universities; examines the writing workshop in relation to theories of creativity and literary criticism; and analyses the evolution of Creative Writing pedagogy alongside and in response to the rise of 'Theory' in America, England, and Australia."--BOOK JACKET.

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