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Title
Tradition in creative writing : finding inspiration through your roots / Adrian May.
ISBN
9783030747763 (electronic bk.)
303074776X (electronic bk.)
9783030747756
3030747751
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-74776-3 doi
Call Number
PN189 .M39 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
808.02
Summary
Tradition in Creative Writing: Finding Inspiration Through Your Roots encourages writers to rediscover sources of creativity in the everyday, showing students how to see your writing as connected to your life. Adrian May addresses a key question for many beginning writers: Where do you get your ideas from? May argues that tradition does not mean anti-progressbut is instead a kind of hidden wealth that stems from literary and historical traditions, folk and songs, self and nature, and community. By drawing on these personal and traditional wellsprings of inspiration, writers will learn to see their writing as part of a greater continuum of influences and view their work as having innate value as part of that cultural and artistic ecology. Each chapter includes accessible discussion, literary and critical readings, creative examples, and writing exercises. While the creative examples are drawn from song lyrics and poetry, the writing exercises are appropriate for all genres. Undergraduates and practitioners will benefit from this guide to finding originality in writing through exploring sources of creative inspiration.
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Includes index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed July 27, 2021).
INTRODUCTION: The Hidden Wealth
Chapter 1: Modern Traditionalists
Chapter 2: Not Just History and Ancient Inspirations
Chapter 3:Storytelling, Myth, Folklore and Magic
Chapter 4: Folksong and Creativity
Chapter 5: A Songwriter in the Tradition
Chapter 6: Protest Songs and the Comic Connection
Chapter 7: Tradition and Locality
Chapter 8: Self and Family Trees
Chapter 9: An English Apple: Nature and Tradition
Chapter 10: Work, Craft and Creativity
Chapter 11: Church Going? Religion and Community
Chapter 12: The Radical Tradition Today
Conclusions and Occlusions.
