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OverviewWith recent advances in digital technology, a number of exciting and innovative approaches to writing lives have emerged, from graphic memoirs to blogs and other visual-verbal-virtual texts. This edited collection is a timely study of new approaches to writing lives, including literary docu-memoir, autobiographical cartography, social media life writing and autobiographical writing for children. Combining literary theory with insightful critical approaches, each essay offers a serious study of innovative forms of life writing, with a view to reflecting on best practice and offering the reader practical guidance on methods and techniques. Offering a range of practical exercises and an insight into cutting-edge literary methodologies, this is an inspiring and thought-provoking companion for students of literature and creative writing studying courses on life writing, memoir or creative non-fiction. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jo Parnell , Hugh Craig , Donna Lee Brien (Central Queensland University, Australia) , Caroline McMillenPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic Edition: 1st ed. 2019 Weight: 0.334kg ISBN: 9781352007183ISBN 10: 1352007185 Pages: 236 Publication Date: 22 August 2019 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword, Caroline McMillen Editor's Preface, Jo Parnell Introduction, Hugh Craig PART 1: FOUND LIVES: REFRAMING THE LOST, THE INANIMATE AND THE HIDDEN 1. Obituaries: Behind the Public Tribute, Amanda Norman 2. Writing the Lives of Objects and Things, Donna L. Brien 3. Burra's Giant Onion and the Battle of the Somme, David Walker 4. Revealing What It Means To Be Human: The Nature of Literary Docu-Memoir, Jo Parnell 5. The Struggle in Karl Ove Knausgaard's My Struggle, Michael Sala PART 2: MOVING LIVES: RELOCATING IN TIME AND SPACE 6. Mapping Lives: (re)making place, Sonya Huber 7. Spatial Experiments: Autobiographical Cartography, Vanessa Berry 8. Brief Encounters: Curating GIFs, Memes and Social Media for Short Story Life-Writing, Emma Newport 9. Biographical Lyric: Writing Lives in Poems, Page Richards 10. Writing Lines, Writing Lives: The Art of Poetic Biography, Jessica L. Wilkinson PART 3: YOUNG LIVES: NEW GROWTH 11. Giving Voice: A Different Approach to Life Writing, Willa McDonald 12. Autobiographical Writing for Children: Anh Do's The Little Helperand Malala Yousafzai’s Malala’s Magic Pencil, Kate Douglas.ReviewsThis collection offers a sweeping analysis of the many types of life writing. The personal and instructional tone of the essays makes this book accessible to students, and the exercises at the end of each chapter will allow anyone who has their own story to tell find their voice. * Julie Taddeo, University of Maryland, USA * A comprehensive discussion of new and some older forms of life writing, ranging from affective and political cartographies, docu-memoirs and poetry to digital forms such as memes and GIFs. Writers’ accounts of their own practice enliven the volume, and the creative exercises at the end of each chapter will make this book invaluable. * Lyn Thomas, University of Sussex, UK * This collection offers a sweeping analysis of the many types of life writing. The personal and instructional tone of the essays makes this book accessible to students, and the exercises at the end of each chapter will allow anyone who has their own story to tell find their voice. * Julie Taddeo, University of Maryland, USA * A comprehensive discussion of new and some older forms of life writing, ranging from affective and political cartographies, docu-memoirs and poetry to digital forms such as memes and GIFs. Writers' accounts of their own practice enliven the volume, and the creative exercises at the end of each chapter will make this book invaluable. * Lyn Thomas, University of Sussex, UK * Author InformationDr Jo Parnell, is Conjoint Fellow in the School of Humanities and Social Science at Newcastle University, Australia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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