Living with a Writer
D. Salwak (Ed.)
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Description for Living with a Writer
Hardcover. Editor(s): Salwak, Dale. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445. Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies,Subjects - Biography - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,S"
Living With A Writer brings together a group of prestigious contributors to discuss the writing lives of contemporary poets, novelists, critics, dramatists, editors and collaborators. What are the practical considerations of being a writer? What are the household dynamics? How do the circumstances contribute to the work? What does it tell us about the creative process? The book features pieces from well-known authors and partners in famous literary relationships, including John Bayley, Amanda Craig, Nadine Gordimer, Ann Thwaite, Paul Theroux and John Updike.
Living With A Writer brings together a group of prestigious contributors to discuss the writing lives of contemporary poets, novelists, critics, dramatists, editors and collaborators. What are the practical considerations of being a writer? What are the household dynamics? How do the circumstances contribute to the work? What does it tell us about the creative process? The book features pieces from well-known authors and partners in famous literary relationships, including John Bayley, Amanda Craig, Nadine Gordimer, Ann Thwaite, Paul Theroux and John Updike.
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke
Number of pages
260
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Condition
Used, Like New
Weight
445g
Dustjacket
Yes
Dustjacket Condition
LIKE NEW
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Gordonsville, United States
ISBN
9781403904768
SKU
KHS0048260
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-3
About D. Salwak (Ed.)
CATHERINE AIRD Author of detective fiction BRIAN W. ALDISS Novelist/ science-fiction author FRANCES H. BACHELDER Poet and novelist JOHN BAYLEY Husband of the late Iris Murdoch; Warton Professor of English Emeritus, Oxford University and novelist JAMES J. BERG Associate Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System, USA ANNE BERNAYS Teaches at the Nieman ... Read more
Reviews for Living with a Writer
'For the first time, spouses, children and parents of writers have collaborated in compiling their experiences of living with a scribe, remembrances which reveal their frustrations, irritations and sheer madness of sharing a roof with an ink-stained genius.' - Amelia Hill, The Observer 'Pleasing and interesting...' - Literary Review 'The range does the book ... Read more