Research Methods in Creative Writing by Jeri Kroll (English) Hardcover Book

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A guide to the modes and methods of Creative Writing research, designed to be invaluable to university staff and students in formulating research ideas, and in selecting appropriate strategies. Creative writing researchers from around the globe offer a selection of models that readers can explore and on which they can build.

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A guide to the modes and methods of Creative Writing research, designed to be invaluable to university staff and students in formulating research ideas, and in selecting appropriate strategies. Creative writing researchers from around the globe offer a selection of models that readers can explore and on which they can build.

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World experts examine how creative writing research supports creative and critical work, providing insights into the discipline and demonstrating how creative writing provides us with new knowledge

Author Biography

JERI KROLL is Professor in the Department of English, Creative Writing and Australian Studies at Flinders University, Australia. She was formerly president of the Australian Association of Writing Programs and is on the boards of New Writing, TEXT and Write4Children. She is the co-editor (with Graeme Harper) of Creative Writing Studies: Practice, Research and Pedagogy.GRAEME HARPER is Director of The Honors College and Professor of English at Oakland University, Michigan, USA. He was Chair of Higher Education at the National Association of Writers in Education and is Editor of New Writing: The International Journal for the Practice and Theory of Creative Writing. He is also series editor of Palgrave Macmillan's Approaches to Writing series and has edited Teaching Creative Writing and Creative Writing Studies. He holds doctorates in Creative Writing from the University of Technology, Sydney and from the University of East Anglia, UK.

Table of Contents

IntroductionPoetics and Creative Writing Research; K.LaskyNon-fiction Writing Research; D.L.BrienModelling the Creative Writing Process; M.MacRobertNew Modes of Creative Writing Research; K.SpencerThe Creative Writing Laboratory and its Pedagogy; J.KrollThe Generations of Creative Writing Research; G.HarperForward, Wayward: The Writer in the World's Text, at Large; K.ColesCreative Writing and Theory /Theory without Credentials; D.HecqTranscultural Writing and Research; G.MortConclusionSelected Further Reading.

Review

'The readings offer fresh ways of looking at old problems and quandaries that come with the territory of teaching creative writing' - Nat Hardy, Associate Professor, Savannah State University, USA 'A rich and varied resource, with invaluable advice, debate and provocation.' - Matt Morrison, Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster

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The readings offer fresh ways of looking at old problems and quandaries that come with the territory of teaching creative writing' - Nat Hardy, Associate Professor, Savannah State University, USA 'A rich and varied resource, with invaluable advice, debate and provocation.' - Matt Morrison, Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster

Review Quote

'The readings offer fresh ways of looking at old problems and quandaries that come with the territory of teaching creative writing' - Nat Hardy, Associate Professor, Savannah State University, USA

Feature

The first book to provide students with a sense of what Creative Writing research, as an academic discipline, involves. It is ideal to support dissertation modules at undergraduate and postgraduate level

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World experts examine how creative writing research supports creative and critical work, providing insights into the discipline and demonstrating how creative writing provides us with new knowledge

Details ISBN0230242669 Short Title RESEARCH METHODS IN CREATIVE W Language English ISBN-10 0230242669 ISBN-13 9780230242661 Media Book Format Hardcover Author Graeme Harper Illustrations Yes Year 2012 Place of Publication Basingstoke Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Graeme Harper Birth 1946 Imprint Red Globe Press NZ Release Date 2012-12-07 UK Release Date 2012-12-07 Pages 248 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Publication Date 2012-12-07 Alternative 9780230242678 DEWEY 808.02072 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2012-12-06 We've got this

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