(Re)Writing Craft : Composition, Creative Writing, and the Future of English Studies

Timothy Mayers

ISBN 10: 0822959690 / ISBN 13: 9780822959694

Published by University Of Pittsburgh Press Apr 2007, 2007

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Neuware - (Re)Writing Craft focuses on the gap that exists in many English departments between creative writers and compositionists on one hand, and literary scholars on the other, in an effort to radically transform the way English studies are organized and practiced today. In proposing a new form of writing he calls u0022craft criticism, u0022 Mayers, himself a compositionist and creative writer, explores the connections between creative writing and composition studies programs, which currently exist as separate fields within the larger and more amorphous field of English studies. If creative writing and composition studies are brought together in productive dialogue, they can, in his view, succeed in inverting the common hierarchy in English departments that privileges interpretation of literature over the teaching of writing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: (Re)Writing Craft : Composition, Creative Writing, and the Future of English Studies
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press Apr 2007
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822959690
• ISBN 13: 9780822959694
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 229W x 154H x 13D millimeters 229 millimeters width by 154 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 281 grams

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Synopsis

(Re)Writing Craft focuses on the gap that exists in many English departments between creative writers and compositionists on one hand, and literary scholars on the other, in an effort to radically transform the way English studies are organized and practiced today. In proposing a new form of writing he calls \u0022craft criticism,\u0022 Mayers, himself a compositionist and creative writer, explores the connections between creative writing and composition studies programs, which currently exist as separate fields within the larger and more amorphous field of English studies. If creative writing and composition studies are brought together in productive dialogue, they can, in his view, succeed in inverting the common hierarchy in English departments that privileges interpretation of literature over the teaching of writing.

About the Author

Tim Mayers is an assistant professor of English at Millersville University of Pennsylvania.