Teaching Creative Writing

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • Heather Beck

      Pages 1-5

3. History

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-8

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   2. A Short History of Creative Writing in British Universities

      • Graeme Harper

      Pages 9-16

   3. A Short History of Creative Writing in America

      • DeWitt Henry

      Pages 17-24

   4. On the Reform of Creative Writing

      • David G. Myers

      Pages 25-33

4. Workshops

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-36

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   2. Creative Writing and Creative Reading in the Poetry Workshop

      • Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Jena Osman

      Pages 37-43

   3. The Irrational Element in the Undergraduate Poetry Workshop: Beyond Craft

      • Gary Hawkins

      Pages 44-50

   4. The Creative Writing Workshop: a Survival Kit

      • Michelene Wandor

      Pages 51-59

5. Undergraduate Creative Writing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 61-63

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   2. Undergraduate Creative Writing Provision in the UK: Origins, Trends and Student Views

      • Steve May

      Pages 65-72

   3. Undergraduate Creative Writing in the United States: Buying In Isn’t Selling Out

      • Anna Leahy

      Pages 73-79

   4. Hidden Purposes of Undergraduate Creative Writing: Power, Self and Knowledge

      • Hans Ostrom

      Pages 80-85

   5. No Factories, Please — We’re Writers

      • Maureen Freely

      Pages 86-91

6. Postgraduate Creative Writing

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 93-93

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   2. Teaching Creative Writing at Postgraduate Levels: the Sheffield Hallam Experience

      • Steven Earnshaw

      Pages 95-98

   3. Creative Writing and Ph.D. Research

      • Jon Cook

      Pages 99-103

   4. A Critique of Postgraduate Workshops and a Case for Low-Residency MFAs

      • Robin Hemley

      Pages 104-107

7. Reflective Activities

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 109-109

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Teaching Creative Writing includes lively contributions from two dozen leading practitioners in the field. Topics addressed include history of Creative Writing, workshops, undergraduate, postgraduate, reflective activities, assessment, critical theory, and information technology.

• creative writing
• critical theory
• critique
• pedagogy
• poetry
• technology
• USA

• Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

  Heather Beck

RACHEL BLAU DUPLESSIS Professor at Temple University, USA MARY CANTRELL Associate Professor of English, Tulsa Community College, USA JON COOK Professor of Literature, University of East Anglia, UK STEVEN EARNSHAW Professor and Head of English, Sheffield Hallam University, UK MAUREEN FREELY Senior Lecturer, University of Warwick, UK KATHARINE HAAKE Professor and Chair of the Creative Writing programme, California State University, USA GRAEME HARPER Professor of Creative Writing and Director of Research (College of Arts and Humanities), Bangor University, UK GARY HAWKINS Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program and Director of First-Year Seminars, Warren Wilson College, USA ROBIN HEMLEY Director of the Nonfiction Writing Program, University of Iowa, USA DEWITT HENRY Professor of Writing, Literature, and Publishing, Emerson College, USA KIM LASKY Independent researcher, UK ANNA LEAHY Lecturer, Chapman University, USA STEVE MAY Head of Department, Creative Studies, Bath Spa University, UK GRAHAM MORT Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing, Lancaster University, UK JOSEPH MOXLEY Professor of English, University of South Florida, USA DAVID MYERS Lecturer in English, Texas A&M University, USA JOHN NIEVES Lecturer, University of South Florida, USA STEPHAN O'CONNOR Lecturer, Columbia University, USA JENA OSMAN Associate Professor of English, Temple University, USA HANS OSTROM Dolliver NEH Professor of English, University of Puget Sound, USA ROB POPE Professor of English, Oxford Brookes University, UK ROBERT SHEPPARD Professor of Poetry and Poetics, Edge Hill University, UK MICHAEL SYMMONS ROBERTS Professor, Manchester Metropolitan's Writing School, UK STEPHANIE VANDERSLICE Associate Professor of Writing, University of Central Arkansas, USA MICHELENE WANDOR Lecturer, University of Lancaster, UK

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