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UNINA9910957030103321 |
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Autore |
Gunnars Kristjana <1948-> |
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Titolo |
Stranger at the door : writers and the act of writing / / Kristjana Gunnars |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2004 |
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ISBN |
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9786610280742 |
9781554586943 |
1554586941 |
9781280280740 |
1280280743 |
9780889209329 |
0889209324 |
9781417563180 |
1417563184 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (136 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Creative writing |
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Authors |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references: p. 117-121. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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