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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957030103321

Autore

Gunnars Kristjana <1948->

Titolo

Stranger at the door : writers and the act of writing / / Kristjana Gunnars

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2004

ISBN

9786610280742

9781554586943

1554586941

9781280280740

1280280743

9780889209329

0889209324

9781417563180

1417563184

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Classificazione

18.04

Disciplina

808/.02

Soggetti

Creative writing

Authorship

Authors

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. 117-121.

Nota di contenuto

The art of solitude -- The diasporic imagination : writers' perspectives -- The home and the artist -- Transcultural appropriation : problems and perspectives -- Theory and fiction : the mixed bag of postmodern writing -- Writing and silence  : the unteachable mystery of words -- On writing short books -- Poetry and the idea of home.

Sommario/riassunto

At the beginning of a new writing project-whether it's the first page of a new novel or a less ambitious project, writers often experience exhilaration, fear, or dread. For Kristjana Gunnars, the call of a new project is ""like someone you don't know knocking on your door-you either choose to let the person in or not. It's both exciting and dangerous to start a new manuscript."" This book is an engagement with that ""stranger"" called writing.     Creative or imaginative writing is



a complex process that involves more than intellect alone. Writers make use of everything: their sensibi