Teaching Creative Writing

Notes on Contributors Introduction, H.Beck PART I: HISTORY A Short History of Creative Writing in British Universities, G.Harper A History of Creative Writing in America, D.Henry On the Reform of Creative Writing, D.Myers PART II: WORKSHOPS Creative Writing as Creative Reading in the Poetry Workshop, R.B.Du Plessis & J.Osman The Irrational Element in the Undergraduate Poetry Workshop: Beyond Craft, G.Hawkins The Creative Writing Workshop - A Survival Kit, M.Wandor PART III: UNDERGRADUATE Undergraduate Creative Writing Provision in the UK: Origins, Trends, and Student Views, S.May Undergraduate Creative Writing in the USA: Buying in Isn't Selling Out, A.Leahy Hidden Purposes of Undergraduate Creative Writing: Power, Self, and Knowledge, H.Ostrom No Factories, Please - We're Writers, M.Freely PART IV: POSTGRADUATE Teaching Creative Writing at Postgraduate Levels: the Sheffield Hallam Experience, S.Earnshaw Creative Writing and Ph.D Research, J.Cook A Critique of Postgraduate Workshops and a Case for Low Residency MFAs, R.Hemley PART V: REFLECTIVE ACTIVITIES Reflections on Reflection: Supplementary Discourses in Creative Writing Teaching in the UK, R.Sheppard The Lynchpin in the Workshop: Student Critique and Reflection, S.Vanderslice From Wales to Vermont - A Round Trip - Creative Writing in the USA and UK, T.Curtis PART VI: CRITICAL THEORY Thinking Systematically About What We Do, K.Haake Re...creation, Critique, and Catalysis: Critical-Creative Rewriting in Theory and Practice, R.Pope Couplings, Matings, Hybridisations: What Writers Can Gain from Critical Theory, K.Lasky PART VI: ASSESSMENT Assessment of Poetry in Higher Education: What Are the Limits?, M.S.Robert Assessment as Empowerment: Grading Entry-Level Creative Writing Students, M.Cantrell Ranking Student Writing as Bad Pedagogy and a Bogus Pretense of Objectivity, S.O'Connor PART VIII: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY New Tools for Timeless Work: Technological Advances in Creative Writing Pedagogy, J.A.Nieves & J.Moxley Lancaster University's Creative Writing MA by Distance Learning, G.Mort Further Reading Index... Mehr