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Teaching Creative Writing

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  • © 2012

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Authors:
  1. Heather Beck

    1. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

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Part of the book series: Teaching the New English (TENEEN)

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Table of contents (25 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Heather Beck
      Pages 1-5

  3. History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-8
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    2. A Short History of Creative Writing in British Universities

      • Graeme Harper
      Pages 9-16

    3. A Short History of Creative Writing in America

      • DeWitt Henry
      Pages 17-24

    4. On the Reform of Creative Writing

      • David G. Myers
      Pages 25-33

  4. Workshops

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-36
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    2. Creative Writing and Creative Reading in the Poetry Workshop

      • Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Jena Osman
      Pages 37-43

    3. The Irrational Element in the Undergraduate Poetry Workshop: Beyond Craft

      • Gary Hawkins
      Pages 44-50

    4. The Creative Writing Workshop: a Survival Kit

      • Michelene Wandor
      Pages 51-59

  7. Reflective Activities

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      Pages 109-109
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About this book

Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed include history of Creative Writing, workshops, undergraduate, postgraduate, reflective activities, assessment, critical theory, and information technology.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Heather Beck

About the author

RACHEL BLAU DUPLESSIS Professor at Temple University, USA MARY CANTRELL Associate Professor of English, Tulsa Community College, USA JON COOK Professor of Literature, University of East Anglia, UK STEVEN EARNSHAW Professor and Head of English, Sheffield Hallam University, UK MAUREEN FREELY Senior Lecturer, University of Warwick, UK KATHARINE HAAKE Professor and Chair of the Creative Writing programme, California State University, USA GRAEME HARPER Professor of Creative Writing and Director of Research (College of Arts and Humanities), Bangor University, UK GARY HAWKINS Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program and Director of First-Year Seminars, Warren Wilson College, USA ROBIN HEMLEY Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program, University of Iowa, USA DEWITT HENRY Professor of Writing, Literature, and Publishing, Emerson College, USA KIM LASKY Independent researcher, UK ANNA LEAHY Lecturer, Chapman University, USA STEVE MAY Head of Department, Creative Studies, Bath Spa University, UK GRAHAM MORT Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Lancaster University, UK JOSEPH MOXLEY Professor of English, University of South Florida, USA DAVID MYERS Lecturer in English, Texas A&M University, USA JOHN NIEVES Lecturer, University of South Florida, USA STEPHAN O'CONNOR Lecturer, Columbia University, USA JENA OSMAN Associate Professor of English, Temple University, USA HANS OSTROM Dolliver NEH Professor of English, University of Puget Sound, USA ROB POPE Professor of English, Oxford Brookes University, UK ROBERT SHEPPARD Professor of Poetry and Poetics, Edge Hill University, UK MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS Professor, Manchester Metropolitan's Writing School, UK STEPHANIE VANDERSLICE Associate Professor of Writing, University of Central Arkansas, USA MICHELENE WANDOR Lecturer, University of Lancaster, UK

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