Master Class: Lessons from Leading Writers

Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-0-87745-966-8
Verlag: University of Iowa Press

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 372 g

Master Class: Lessons from Leading Writers gathers more than two decades of wisdom from twenty-nine accomplished authors. It offers previously unpublished interviews, along with freshly edited versions of ten interviews from Nancy Bunge's well-received previous collection, ""Finding the Words"". The first section, Theory, incorporates interviews which document the golden age of writing programs in which authors with a strong sense of social and cultural responsibility taught as seriously as they wrote. These conversations delve into the writers' philosophies and teaching methods. The second section, Practice, presents interviews with authors who discuss how they've approached the writing of particular works. Altogether, the interviews introduce authors as inspirational models and provide insightful techniques for other writers to try. One piece of advice recurs with striking consistency: to produce fresh, interesting work, aspiring writers must develop a passionate self-trust. This rule has an essential corollary: improving as a writer means constantly stretching oneself with new information and skills. Sure to interest writing and literature teachers, as well as writers at every stage of development, ""Master Class"" is highly recommended for undergraduate and graduate writing courses.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bunge, Nancy L.

Über Autor(innen)

Nancy Bunge, a professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University, is the interviewer and editor of Finding the Words: Conversations with Writers Who Teach, the author of Nathaniel Hawthorne: A Study of the Short Fiction, and the editor of Conversations with Clarence Major. She has held Fulbright lectureships at the University of Vienna, the Free University of Brussels, and Ghent University.