Creativity in Language and Literature The State of the Art

by Swann, Joan; Pope, Robert; Carter, Ronald

• ISBN13: 9780230575608
• ISBN10: 0230575609
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-10-15
• Publisher: Red Globe Pr

Summary

This edited collection brings together established and newer scholars who, collectively, are able to represent 'the state of the art' on creativity in language. Including a substantial introduction, section introductions and critical responses, this is a unique resource for students, encouraging critical dialogue and debate.

Author Biography

JOAN SWANN is Senior Lecturer and Director at the Centre for Language and Communication at The Open University.  She has edited numerous books, including A Dictionary of Sociolinguistics with EUP in 2004 and The Art of English; everyday creativity with Palgrave Macmillan in 2006.

RONALD CARTER is Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English studies at the University of Nottingham.  He is Director of the Humanities Research Centre and the author of many acclaimed works in the field, including Language and Creativity: The Art of Common Talk, Introducing the Grammar of Talk and The Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide to Spoken and Written Grammar

ROP POPE is Professor of English and Director of Research Student Training in the School of Arts and Humanities at Oxford Brookes University.  He is the author of Creativity: Theory, History, Practice and The English Studies Book: Language, Literature and Culture.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I: CREATIVITIES: TEXTS IN CONTEXT, GENRES IN PRACTICE
Introduction
Give Me (deep intake of breath) Inspiration--P. Agbabi
When the Sky Falls:Creativity in Poetry; R. Bhaya Nair
'Can't We Ever, My Love, Speak in the Same Language?': Everyday Language and Creative Tension in the Poetry of Louis MacNeice; R. D. Brown
Metaphor, Creativity and the Experience of Pain Across Genres; E. Semino
Metaphor in Prosaic and Poetic Creativity; L. Cameron
Part II: CREATIVITY ACROSS MODES, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGIES
Introduction
Chains of Transformation: the Making of Heavy Water, a Film for Chernobyl--M. Petrucci
Intimate Strangers: Creativity at the Level of Practice, Genre and Textual Poetics in Penfriend Correspondence--J. Maybin
Creativity, Materiality and Representation in New Communication Technologies--A. Goddard
Improvisations and Transformations Across Modes: the Case of a Classroom Multimodal Box Project--K. Pahl
The Music of the Prophets': a Practitioner's Perspective--M. Wandor
Mature Poet Steals: the Art of Dressing Old Words New--P. Agbabi
Part III: CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS: AUDIENCE RESPONSES, READING AND RE-WRITING
Introduction
The First Three Minutes: Seducing the Audience in 'Arranged Marriage'--G.D. Jayalakshmi
Authenticity and Creativity in Reading Lamentation--P. Stockwell
Social Reading--J. Swann
Practical Measures: Poet as Editor--F. Sampson
Judging Poetry--J. Spiro
Creativity, Transformation, Re-writing: Examples of Transformed Creative Texts--R. Pope
Part IV: OPEN QUESTIONS, ONGOING DEBATES
Introduction
The Construction of 'Creativity'--D. Allington
In Defence of Genius--G. Cook
Creative Writing: Habitat Homo Sapiens--G. Harper
Epilogue--R. Carter

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