The Faith of a Writer: Life, Craft, ArtHarper Collins, 14 sep 2004 - 176 pagina's A tribute to the brilliant craftsmanship of one of our most distinguished writers, providing valuable insight into her inspiration and her method Joyce Carol Oates is widely regarded as one of America's greatest contemporary literary figures. Having written in a number of genres -- prose, poetry, personal and critical essays, as well as plays -- she is an artist ideally suited to answer essential questions about what makes a story striking, a novel come alive, a writer an artist as well as a craftsman. In The Faith of a Writer, Oates discusses the subjects most important to the narrative craft, touching on topics such as inspiration, memory, self-criticism, and "the unique power of the unconscious." On a more personal note, she speaks of childhood inspirations, offers advice to young writers, and discusses the wildly varying states of mind of a writer at work. Oates also pays homage to those she calls her "significant predecessors" and discusses the importance of reading in the life of a writer. Oates claims, "Inspiration and energy and even genius are rarely enough to make 'art': for prose fiction is also a craft, and craft must be learned, whether by accident or design." In fourteen succinct chapters, The Faith of a Writer provides valuable lessons on how language, ideas, and experience are assembled to create art. |
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... Alice books, remained with me for decades. My early “creative” experiences evolved not from printed books, but from coloring books, predating my ability to read. I did not learn to read until I was in first grade, and six years old ...
... Alice is always seen from a little distance , as “ Alice . ” But many of the adult writers whom I struggled to read wrote in the first person , and very persuasively . I could not have distin- guished between the ( nonfiction ) voices ...
... Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking - Glass . Out of nowhere this marvel came to me , a farm child , in a work - oriented household in which there were very few books and very little time for reading . My grandmother's gift with ...
... Alice climbs through the looking - glass in her family's drawing room ( not that Alice's " family " ever appears in the books : Alice is always wonderfully alone ) , into a drawing room that appears identical to the one she has left ...
... Alice books , and could recite , for anyone willing to listen , nearly all the poems . ( I still can . Sometimes waking in the night I scroll through them in sequence thinking how strange ! how wonderful ! the words of " Lewis Carroll ...
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TO A YOUNG WRITER | 23 |
WHAT SIN TO ME UNKNOWN | 37 |
NOTES ON FAILURE | 51 |
INSPIRATION | 75 |
THE ENIGMATIC ART OF SELFCRITICISM | 127 |
THE WRITERS STUDIO | 137 |
JCO AND I After Borges | 153 |
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