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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... Artist ( 1995 ) · Where I've Been , and Where I'm Going : Essays , Reviews , and Prose ( 1999 ) FOR CHILDREN Come Meet Muffin ! ( 1998 ) YOUNG ADULT Big Mouth & Ugly Girl ( 2002 ) Small Avalanches ( 2003 ) An Imprint of ...
... YORK 3 FIRST LOVES : FROM " JABBERWOCKY " TO " AFTER APPLE PICKING " 13 TO A YOUNG WRITER 23 RUNNING AND WRITING 29 " WHAT SIN TO ME UNKNOWN ... " NOTES ON FAILURE INSPIRATION ! 75 51 37 READING AS A WRITER : THE ARTIST AS CRAFTSMAN 93.
Life, Craft, Art Joyce Carol Oates. READING AS A WRITER : THE ARTIST AS CRAFTSMAN 93 THE ENIGMATIC ART OF SELF - CRITICISM THE WRITER'S STUDIO 137 127 BLONDE AMBITION : AN INTERVIEW WITH JOYCE CAROL OATES by Greg Johnson 143 " JCO " AND ...
... Artist as Craftsman " which focuses upon several works of fiction in analytic detail . Young or beginning writers must be urged to read widely , ceaselessly , both classics and contempo- raries , for without an immersion in the history ...
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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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