Myths and Heroes in Creative Writing: Re-Reading and Remaking
Author:   Adrian May
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781041033332


Pages:   130
Publication Date:   04 September 2025
Format:   Hardback
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Myths and Heroes in Creative Writing: Re-Reading and Remaking


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Author:   Adrian May
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781041033332


ISBN 10:   1041033338
Pages:   130
Publication Date:   04 September 2025
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Part One: Introductory Preface: The Mythic Wanderer 1. The Errant Way 2. The Human Pattern Part Two: The Narrow Hero 3. Big Heroes Reduced 4. Portability: Genre; Wilderness 5. Writers not Wrong Part Three: Ante-heroes 6. Ante, Mock, Anti 7. The Vanishing Grail 8. How to Disappear 9. Tarot and Tao Part Four: Mythic alternatives 10. Decline of Folly 11. Confronting the hero-monster 12. Supernatural alternatives Part Five: Postscripts 13. Ceremonies of Innocence 14. Ritual and Initiation Index

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Adrian May is Community Fellow and former Deputy Director of Creative Writing at the University of Essex, UK. He is the author of three previous books about creativity: Myth and Creative Writing (2011), The Magic of Writing (2018), Tradition in Creative Writing (2021) and Boot Sale Harvest (non-fiction, 2023). He has also published several collections of poems and songs, including Full Fathom Folk (2022) and Grail Island (2025), the latter inspired by some of the material in this book.

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