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The 21st-century novel : notes from the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference /
Contemporary creative writers reflect on the past, present and future of the novelIn 2012-2013, a year-long conversation between writers took place at 17 literary festivals around the world, from Jaipur to Krasnoyarsk, and from Melbourne to Berlin. Distinguished novelists such as Irvine Welsh, Ahdaf...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Edinburgh :
Edinburgh University Press,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Edinburgh World Writers' Conference 2012-2013
- Introduction
- The Future Of The Novel
- Introduction: Modernity And Machinery
- Keynote: The Autonovelator
- Discussion: The Protean Genre
- Keynote: After The Novelist
- Discussion: Twitter Storms
- Keynote: Escape To The Big Time
- Discussion: Enemies Of The Novel
- Keynote: A New Age Of Fiction
- Discussion: Reasons To Be Hopeful
- Keynote: A Shred Of Objectivity
- Discussion: Questions Of Ownership
- Keynote: Egypt Rising
- Should Literature Be Political?
- Introduction: Nailing The Important Stuff
- Keynote: The Great Narrative Of The World
- Discussion: Politics On The Page
- Keynote: Weapons Of Struggle
- Discussion: Game-Changing Books
- Keynote: The Power And The Story
- Discussion: The Russian Dimension
- Keynote: The Heart Of A Heartless World
- Discussion: The Impotent Text
- Keynote: Words As A Pledge
- Discussion: On Ambiguity
- Keynote: Big 'P' And Little 'p'
- Discussion: When Is A Book Political?
- Keynote: The State Fell, The Poem Ruled
- Censorship Today
- Introduction: Engines Of Silence
- Keynote: Voices Of Unreason
- Discussion: Speaking Freely
- Keynote: The Censors Within
- Discussion: Everything Is Permitted
- Keynote: The Gatekeepers
- Discussion: On Taking Offence
- Keynote: A Death Penalty For Thought
- Discussion: Sousveillers And Fifty-Centers
- Keynote: The Whale On The Rock
- A National Literature
- Introduction: Marking Your Territory
- Keynote: Negotiations Against Difference
- Discussion: Brit Lit
- Keynote: Allochthoon, Autochtoon
- Discussion: Words Of War / Velibor Čolić
- Keynote: Serve The Story
- Discussion: Writers As Nation-Builders
- Keynote: Writing Across Boundaries
- Discussion: News From Elsewhere
- Keynote: On The African Novel
- Discussion: Lingua Franca
- Keynote: Categorisation Is Reductive
- Discussion: Above The Barriers
- Keynote: Citizens Of The Cosmopolis
- Style Versus Content
- Introduction: Reading The Reader
- Keynote: 'Fight! Fight! Fight!'
- Discussion: Thought's Clothing
- Keynote: The Tao Of Writing
- Discussion: Voice, Gait, Watermark ...
- Keynote: On Form
- Discussion: You've Either Got, Or You Haven't Got ...
- Keynote: The Feeling Of The World
- Afterword / The New Publishing
- Biographies Of Keynote Speakers
- Index
- Acknowledgements