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Technique. Authorship

  • Vivid and Continuousby John McNally

    University of Iowa Press 2013; US$ 19.95

    Taking off from The Creative Writer’s Survival Guide , John McNally’srelentlessly blunt, bracingly cheerful, and immensely helpful map to being a writer, Vivid and Continuous is an equally blunt, cheerful, and helpful map to learning to be a writer. While acknowledging that many fine books cover such essentials of fiction writing... more...

  • Creative Writingby Amal Chatterjee

    The Professional and Higher Partnership Ltd 2013; US$ 90.00

    Creative Writing: Writers on Writing anthologises original literary work by eight contemporary authors - Amal Chatterjee, Colm Breathnach, Fred D?Aguiar, Jane Draycott, Philip Gross, Kathryn Heyman, Sabyn Javeri, and Emily Raboteau. The pieces are accompanied by reflective essays in which the authors explore the creative process behind the writing.... more...

  • Narrativeby Paul Cobley

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 22.95

    This comprehensive, accessible guidebook traces the ways in which human beings have used narrative to make sense of time, space and identity over the centuries. Particular attention is given to: * early narrative, from Hellenic and Hebraic * the rise of the novel * realist representation * imperialism and narrative * modernism and cinema * postmodern... more...

  • The Language of Fictionby Brian Shawver

    University Press of New England 2012; US$ 14.99

    This is not your grandfather's style guide more...

  • So You Want to Write a Novelby Lou W. Stanek

    HarperCollins 2012; Not Available

    You know there is a novel locked inside of you?chock-full of conflict, humor, irony, enthralling events and fascinating characters. What you don't know is how to set it free. Practical Advice, Hands-On Help Respected author and professional writing instructor Lou Willett Stanek's New York workshops have enabled scores of aspiring novelists... more...

  • So You Want to Write a Novelby Lou W. Stanek

    HarperCollins 2012; US$ 8.99

    You know there is a novel locked inside of you?chock-full of conflict, humor, irony, enthralling events and fascinating characters. What you don't know is how to set it free. Practical Advice, Hands-On Help Respected author and professional writing instructor Lou Willett Stanek's New York workshops have enabled scores of aspiring novelists... more...

  • Authentisches Erzählenby Antonius Weixler

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00

    A central feature of the newer forms of authenticity is that they replace the truth of what is presented with the truthfulness of the presentation. While academic discussion of authenticity has focused mainly on the aesthetic aspects, this volume focuses on the narrative dimension of the phenomenon. The authors thereby reveal a conceptual shift from... more...

  • The Postcolonial Short Storyby Maggie Awadalla; Paul March-Russell

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 101.00

    This book puts the short story at the heart of contemporary postcolonial studies and questions what postcolonial literary criticism may be. Focusing on short fiction between 1975 and today ? the period in which critical theory came to determine postcolonial studies ? it argues for a sophisticated critique exemplified by the ambiguity of the form. more...

  • You Can't Make This Stuff Upby Lee Gutkind

    Da Capo Press 2012; US$ 16.00

    From the ?Godfather behind Creative Nonfiction? ( Vanity Fair ) and founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction Magazine : a how-to guide for every aspect of creative nonfiction   more...

  • Perspektivische Interaktion im Romanby Marcus Hartner

    De Gruyter 2012; US$ 140.00

    How do we internalize literary characters and their fictional consciousness when we are reading? How does multi-perspectivity function? Drawing on modern cognitive research, this study addresses how the perspectives of different characters interact, and demonstrates that this interaction plays a critical role in our understanding and interpretation... more...