Dr Sean Prentiss (Norwich Universit Assistant Professor of English, Jessica Hendry Nelson (USA Virginia Commonwealth University)

Advanced Creative Nonfiction

A Writer's Guide and Anthology

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology offers expert instruction on writing creative nonfiction in any form-including memoir, lyric essay, travel writing, and more-while taking an expansive approach to fit a rapidly evolving literary art form. From a history of creative nonfiction, related ethical concerns, and new approaches to revision and publishing, this book offers innovative strategies and ideas beyond what's traditionally covered. Advanced Creative Nonfiction: A Writers' Guide and Anthology also includes: · An anthology of contemporary creative nonfiction by some of today's most inventive and celebrated writers · Advanced explorations into the craft of creative nonfiction across forms · In-depth discussion of truth, ethics, and memory · Practical advice on revision, editing, research, and publishing · Writing prompts and exercises throughout the textbook A companion website is also available for the book at http://www.bloomsburyonlineresources.com/advanced-creative-nonfiction

Produktdetails

• Bloomsbury Writer's Guides and Anthologies
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. August 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 155mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 544g
• ISBN-13: 9781350067806
• ISBN-10: 1350067806
• Artikelnr.: 59961085

Autorenporträt

Sean Prentiss and Jessica Hendry Nelson

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Part 1: Foundations 1. The History of Creative Nonfiction 2. Veracity and Genre 3. Forms and Modes of Creative Nonfiction 4. Interplay of Genres
Forms
and Modes 5. Elements of Creative Nonfiction Part 2: Evolutions 6. The Central Question 7. Image and Metaphor 8. Exploding Scene 9. Chronology 10. Dialectical Movement 11. Setting As Character 12. Writer
Narrator
Character 13. Lenses 14. Reflection
Introspection
and Speculation 15. Beginnings and Endings 16. Music of Prose Part 3: Integrities 17. Truth
Fact
and Memory 18. Authority and Credibility Part 4: Renovations 19. Workshops
Peer Reviews
and Writing Groups 20. Revision 21. Publishing Part 5: Anthology 1. Austin Bunn
"Basement Story" 2. Amy Butcher
"Women These Days" 3. Seo-Young Chu
"A Refuge for Jae-in Doe: Fugues in the Key of English Major" 4. Melissa Febos
"Leave Marks" 5. Kathy Fish
"Collective Nouns for Humans in the Wild" 6. Harrison Candelaria Fletcher
"Open Season" 7. Ross Gay
"Loitering" 8. Och Gonzalez
"What I Do on My Terrace is None of Your Business" 9. Peter Grandbois
"Loyalty" 10. Major Jackson
"Mighty Pawns" 11. Sarah Minor
"A Log Cabin Square" 12. Jessica Hendry Nelson
"When You Were a Boy in Maine" 13. Sean Prentiss
"Buying a House" 14. Jonathan Rovner
"The Funambulists" 15. Vijay Seshadri
"Memoir" 16. Vivek Shraya
"Trisha" 17. Margot Singer
"Call it Rape" 18. Ira Sukrungruang
"Invisible Partners" 19. Jill Talbot
"The Professor of Longing" 20. Abigail Thomas
"Nostalgia" 21. Ryan Van Meter
"First" 22. Elissa Washuta
"Incompressible Flow" 23. Christian Wiman
"The Limit" 24. Brooke Juliet Wonders
"Self Erasure" 25. Xu Xi
"Godspeed" 26. Kristen Millares Young
"A Few Thoughts While Shaving" Index