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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “dirk de geest”
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  • Writing Manuals for the Masses

    The Rise of the Literary Advice Industry from Quill to Keyboard

    Edited by Anneleen Masschelein, Dirk de Geest ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    This open access collection of essays examines the literary advice industry since its emergence in Anglo-American literary culture in the mid-nineteenth century within the context of the professionalization of the literary field and the continued debate on creative writing as art and craft. Often dismissed as commercial and stereotypical by authors and specialists alike, literary advice has ... Read more

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  • Stories and Minds

    Cognitive Approaches to Literary Narrative

    Edited by Lars Bernaerts, Dirk de Geest, Luc Herman, Bart Vervaeck ...
    Series series Frontiers of Narrative
    How do narratives draw on our memory capacity? How is our attention guided when we are reading a literary narrative? What kind of empathy is triggered by intercultural novels? A cast of international scholars explores these and other questions from an interdisciplinary perspective in Stories and Minds, a collection of essays that discusses cutting-edge research in the field of cognitive narrative ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

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  • Stylish Academic Writing

    by Helen Sword ...
    Elegant ideas deserve elegant expression. Sword dispels the myth that you can’t get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions or eager to write for a larger audience, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books enjoyable to read—and to write. ... Read more

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  • Literary Analysis: The Basics

    by Celena Kusch ...
    Series series The Basics
    Literary Analysis: The Basics is an insightful introduction to analysing a wide range of literary forms. Providing a clear outline of the methodologies employed in twenty-first century literary analysis, it introduces readers to the genres, canons, terms, issues, critical approaches, and contexts that affect the analysis of any text. It addresses such questions as:What counts as literature?Is ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Hooked

    Art and Attachment

    by Rita Felski ...
    "Examines the way we connect to novels, films, paintings and music, and argues that our enthusiasms should be an integral part of conversations about art." —Helen Thaventhiran, London Review of BooksHow does a novel entice or enlist us? How does a song surprise or seduce us? Why do we bristle when a friend belittles a book we love, or fall into a funk when a favored TV series comes to an end? What ... Read more

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  • Creative Writing Studies

    by Graeme HARPER and Jeri KROLL ...

    $20.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing

    Edited by David Morley, Philip Neilsen ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    Creative writing has become a highly professionalised academic discipline, with popular courses and prestigious degree programmes worldwide. This book is a must for all students and teachers of creative writing, indeed for anyone who aspires to be a published writer. It engages with a complex art in an accessible manner, addressing concepts important to the rapidly growing field of creative ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • The Edge of the Precipice

    Why Read Literature in the Digital Age?

    by Paul Socken ...
    Can a case be made for reading literature in the digital age? Does literature still matter in this era of instant information? Is it even possible to advocate for serious, sustained reading with all manner of social media distracting us, fragmenting our concentration, and demanding short, rapid communication?In The Edge of the Precipice, Paul Socken brings together a thoughtful group of writers, ... Read more

    $21.89 USD

  • Writing Creative Writing

    Essays from the Field

    Edited by Rishma Dunlop, Daniel Scott Tysdal, Priscila Uppal ...
    Essential and engaging essays about the joys and challenges of creative writing and teaching creative writing by a host of Canada’s leading writers.Writing Creative Writing is filled with thoughtful and entertaining essays on the joys and challenges of creative writing, the complexities of the creative writing classroom, the place of writing programs in the twenty-first century, and exciting ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Graphic Novels and Comics in the Classroom

    Essays on the Educational Power of Sequential Art

    Edited by Robert G. Weiner, Carrye Kay Syma ...
    Sequential art combines the visual and the narrative in a way that readers have to interpret the images with the writing. Comics make a good fit with education because students are using a format that provides active engagement. This collection of essays is a wide-ranging look at current practices using comics and graphic novels in educational settings, from elementary schools through college. The ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Teaching Translation

    Programs, courses, pedagogies

    Edited by LAWRENCE VENUTI ...
    Over the past half century, translation studies has emerged decisively as an academic field around the world, and in recent years the number of academic institutions offering instruction in translation has risen along with an increased demand for translators, interpreters and translator trainers. Teaching Translation isthe most comprehensive and theoretically informed overview of current ... Read more

    $60.99 USD

  • Critical Play

    Radical Game Design

    by Mary Flanagan ...
    An examination of subversive games like The Sims—games designed for political, aesthetic, and social critique.For many players, games are entertainment, diversion, relaxation, fantasy. But what if certain games were something more than this, providing not only outlets for entertainment but a means for creative expression, instruments for conceptual thinking, or tools for social change? In Critical ... Read more

    $21.99 USD