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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809308103321

Autore

Dawson Paul <1972->

Titolo

Creative writing and the new humanities / / Paul Dawson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-32084-1

1-134-32085-X

1-280-09632-2

0-203-40101-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Classificazione

18.03

Disciplina

808/.042071

Soggetti

English language - Rhetoric - Study and teaching

Creative writing (Higher education)

Humanities - Study and teaching

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

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

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; Acknowledgements; 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; Notes; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

This polemic account provides a fresh perspective on the importance of Creative Writing to the emergence of the 'new humanities' and makes a major contribution to current debates about the role of the writer as public intellectual.