1st Edition
Thinking Creative Writing Critique from the international New Writing journal
Introduction - Leveraging Paradox: Towards a Big Bang Theory of Creative Writing 1. Creative writing and the limits of Naming What We Know: threshold concepts from aesthetic theory and creativity studies in the literary writing curriculum 2. Resonance and absence: a text world analysis of ‘Tuonela’ by Philip Gross 3. Building and mobilizing a sustainable, knowledge-based culture for creative writing studies 4. Shakespeare’s dogfish: a case for building Creative Writing Studies from the outside 5. The poetics of distraction 6. The creative writing doctoral thesis: insights from genetic criticism 7. Creative Writing in Brazil: personal notes on a process 8. ‘A real hunger’: English literature, cultural engagement, and China Conclusion: The States of Creative Writing
Biography
Graeme Harper is Professor of Creative Writing and Dean at Oakland University, Michigan, USA. An award-winning fiction writer, and graduate of the University of East Anglia, UK, and of the University of Technology Sydney, Australia, he examines creative writing in universities throughout the world and is editor of the New Writing journal.
