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- Book Title
- Shadow Boxing: Art and Craft Creative Nonfiction
- Publication Date
- 2003-10-10
- Pages
- 304
- ISBN
- 9780130994424
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pearson Education
ISBN-10
0130994421
ISBN-13
9780130994424
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30440055
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
304 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Shadow Boxing : Art and Craft in Creative Nonfiction
Subject
Journalism, Rhetoric, Readers, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year
2003
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
14.7 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
2003-015975
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"The approach is systematic and useful, and the volume as a whole embodies a refreshing break from the anthologies and 'guides' currently in use." David Lenoir, Western Kentucky University
Dewey Decimal
808/.0427
Table Of Content
(NOTE: Each chapter begins with an Introduction, and Model Readings with Discussion Questions and concludes with Writing Exercises, "The Writing Workshop," and Revision Tips and Strategies. ) I. WHEN IS NONFICTION NOT CREATIVE? II. TYPES OF CREATIVE NONFICTION 1. Memoir. Excerpt from This Boy's Life, Tobias Wolff. Excerpt from The Liars' Club, Mary Karr. Excerpt from Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood, Judith Ortiz Cofer. Mother From Heaven, Jeanette Winterson. Student Readings. Lost at a Love-In, Eran Williams. Dancing Girls, Sharon Jackson. Chester, Cathy Patterson. 2. Personal Essay. Thank You in Arabic, Naomi Shihab Nye. Texas Women: True Grit and All the Rest, Molly Ivins. The Stone Horse, Barry Lopez. Student Readings. Fifteen Minutes, Julie Lewis. Coming to Shelter, Joan Barnett. Waiting Is the Hardest Part, Kate Evans. 3. Literary Journalism. Excerpt from Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream, Hunter S. Thompson. Excerpt from The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester. On AIDS, Susan Sontag. Excerpt from Coming Into the Country, John McPhee. Student Readings. All That Stands Between Me and Heaven Is My Husband's Fork, Anne Jennings. Are You My Mother? Shannon Rauwerda. Escape from Italy, or No Fear and Loathing in the Rome of the North, Ian Caton. 4. Nature Writing. Excerpt from Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, Terry Tempest Williams. Excerpt from Accident: A Days News, Christa Wolf. Excerpt from The Solace of Open Spaces, Gretel Ehrlich. At Cloudy Pass: The Need of Being Versed in Human Things, Louise Owens. Student Readings. The Tolerable Naturalist, Melissa Edmunson. Naupaka In Bloom, Daphne K. Jenkins. 5. Biography and History. The Devil and Ambrose Bierce, Jacob Silverstein. Excerpt from Son of the Morning Star, Evan Connell. In Search of History, Barbara Tuchman. Excerpt from Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth, by Kristen Iversen. Student Readings. Rebecca Tucked Away, Robert James. Dear John Barry, Ellen Young. 6. The Nonfiction Novel. Excerpt from In Cold Blood, Truman Capote. Excerpt from Cloudsplitter, Russell Banks. Excerpt from Becoming Madame Mao, Anchee Min. Excerpt from The Hours, Michael Cunningham. Student Readings. Rossiya East, Robert James. Talk Story, Shannon Rauwerda. III. THE WRITING LIFE. The Writing Life, Annie Dillard. So Long Ago, So Near, Richard Baush. On Keeping a Notebook, Joan Didion. Journal of a Solitude, May Sarton. Appendix.
Synopsis
For undergraduate and graduate-level courses and workshops in Creative Nonfiction. This text presents specific definitions of the subgenres of creative nonfiction memoir, the personal essay, literary journalism, nature writing, biography and history, and the nonfiction novel. This First Edition provides model readings to illustrate these definitions, as well as practical exercises and strategies for students to apply what they are learning in each subgenre., Unique in approach and content, this book presents specific definitions of the subgenres of creative nonfiction--memoir, the personal essay, literary journalism, nature writing, biography and history, and the nonfiction novel. Providing model readings to illustrate these definitions, this First Edition also offers practical writing exercises and strategies for readers to apply what they are learning in each subgenre. For professionals with a career or interest in writing, journalism, education, publishing, and/or media., For undergraduate and graduate-level courses and workshops in Creative Nonfiction. This text presents specific definitions of the subgenres of creative nonfiction--memoir, the personal essay, literary journalism, nature writing, biography and history, and the nonfiction novel. This First Edition provides model readings to illustrate these definitions, as well as practical exercises and strategies for students to apply what they are learning in each subgenre., Unique in approach and content, this book presents specific definitions of the subgenres of creative nonfiction--memoir, the personal essay, literary journalism, nature writing, biography and history, and the nonfiction novel. KEY TOPICS: Providing model readings to illustrate these definitions, this First Edition also offers practical writing exercises and strategies for readers to apply what they are learning in each subgenre. MARKET: For professionals with a career or interest in writing, journalism, education, publishing, and/or media.
LC Classification Number
PE1417.I94 2004
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