{"product_id":"against-creative-writing-paperback","title":"Against Creative Writing - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Cowan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe rise of Creative Writing has been accompanied from the start by two questions: can it be taught, and should it be taught? This scepticism is sometimes shared even by those who teach it, who often find themselves split between two contradictory identities: the artistic and the academic. \u003cem\u003eAgainst Creative Writing\u003c\/em\u003e explores the difference between 'writing', which is what writers do, and Creative Writing, which is the instrumentalisation of what writers do.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeginning with the question of whether writing can or ought to be taught, it looks in turn at the justifications for BA, MA, and PhD courses, and concludes with the divided role of the writer who teaches. It argues in favour of Creative Writing as a form of hands-on literary education at undergraduate level and a form of literary apprenticeship at graduate level, especially in widening access to new voices. It argues against those forms of Creative Writing that lose sight of literary values - as seen in the proliferation of curricular couplings with non-literary subjects, or the increasing emphasis on developing skills for future employment. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgainst Creative Writing\u003c\/em\u003e, written by a writer, is addressed to other writers, inside or outside the academy, at undergraduate or graduate level, whether 'creative' or 'critical'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Cowan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a Professor of Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. His novels include \u003cem\u003ePig\u003c\/em\u003e, the winner of numerous literary awards, and most recently \u003cem\u003eYour Fault\u003c\/em\u003e. He is also the author of the guidebook \u003cem\u003eThe Art of Writing Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 248\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.54 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 13, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47327399149817,"sku":"9781138593572","price":90.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/WFQ0ZTZqVDZSUkRlaFN2Vk4xRUJMQT09.webp?v=1769580878","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/against-creative-writing-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}