Writers on writing [[electronic resource] ] : the art of the short story / / edited by Maurice A. Lee

• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (270 p.)
• Disciplina: 808.3/1
• Soggetto topico: Short story - Authorship; Authors - 20th century
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: LeeMaurice Angus <1938->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction; Part 1: The Short Story: Definition; Part 2: Relationship of Writer to Short Story; Part 3: Storytelling: The Short Story and Pedagogy; Part 4: Culture and the Short-Story Form; Part 5: The Short Story and Politics; Part 6: The Role of Gender in Short-Story Writing; Part 7: The Short Story: Process of Discovery; Part 8: The Short Story: Why We Write; Part 9: The Short Story: Form; Part 10: The Art of the Short Story; About the Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Short stories have enjoyed a long and popular history, with many famous writers attempting the craft at some point or another. Here, Lee assembles a variety of writers who comment on the form itself and its many meanings and manifestations. Concentrating on the features and challenges of the short story, contributors from Amiri Baraka to Richard Ford and Jayne Anne Phillips to Janette Turner Hospital discuss their own writing, the writing of others, the short story form, gender, politics, and other issues concerning the writing of short fiction. Readers will come away with a fuller understandi
• Titolo autorizzato: Writers on writing
• ISBN: 1-282-41819-X; 9786612418198; 0-313-06889-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910456702203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contributions to the study of world literature ; ; no. 128.