Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom: The Authority Project

Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom: The Authority Project

NEW WRITING VIEWPOINTS Editor: Graeme Harper, University of Portsmouth, UK The overall aim of this series is to publish books which will ultimately inform teaching and research, but whose primary focus is on the analysis of creative writing practice and theory. There will also be books which deal directly with aspects of creative writing knowledge, with issues of genre, form and style, with the nature and experience of creativity, and with the learning of creative writing. They will all have in common a concern with excellence in application and in understanding, with creative writing practitioners and their work, and with informed analysis of creative writing as process as well as completed artefact. Other Books of Interest: Constructing Cultures: Essays on Literary Translation Susan Bassnett and André Lefevere Time Sharing on Stage: Drama Translation in Theatre and Society Sirkku Aaltonen Literary Translation: A Practical Guide Clifford E. Landers Translating Milan Kundera Michelle Woods Culture-Specific Language Styles: The Development of Oral Narrative and Literacy Masahiko Minami

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NEW WRITING VIEWPOINTS Series Editor: Graeme Harper

Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom The Authority Project Edited by

Anna Leahy

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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Power and Identity in the Creative Writing Classroom: The Authority Project Edited by Anna Leahy. New Writing Viewpoints: 1 Includes bibliographical references. 1. English language–Rhetoric–Study and teaching. 2. Creative writing (Higher education) I. Leahy, Anna. II. Series. PE1404.P618 2005 808'.042'0711–dc22 2005016342 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue entry for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 1-85359-847-X /EAN 978--1-85359-847-0 (hbk) ISBN 1-85359-846-1 /EAN 978-185359-846-3 (pbk) Multilingual Matters Ltd UK: Frankfurt Lodge, Clevedon Hall, Victoria Road, Clevedon BS21 7HH. USA: UTP, 2250 Military Road, Tonawanda, NY 14150, USA. Canada: UTP, 5201 Dufferin Street, North York, Ontario M3H 5T8, Canada. Copyright © 2005 Anna Leahy and the authors of individual chapters. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. Typeset by Gilbert Composing Services Ltd. Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd.

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