Teaching Creative Writing

Front Matter....Pages i-xiv
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Front Matter....Pages 7-8
A Short History of Creative Writing in British Universities....Pages 9-16
A Short History of Creative Writing in America....Pages 17-24
On the Reform of Creative Writing....Pages 25-33
Front Matter....Pages 35-36
Creative Writing and Creative Reading in the Poetry Workshop....Pages 37-43
The Irrational Element in the Undergraduate Poetry Workshop: Beyond Craft....Pages 44-50
The Creative Writing Workshop: a Survival Kit....Pages 51-59
Front Matter....Pages 61-63
Undergraduate Creative Writing Provision in the UK: Origins, Trends and Student Views....Pages 65-72
Undergraduate Creative Writing in the United States: Buying In Isn’t Selling Out....Pages 73-79
Hidden Purposes of Undergraduate Creative Writing: Power, Self and Knowledge....Pages 80-85
No Factories, Please — We’re Writers....Pages 86-91
Front Matter....Pages 93-93
Teaching Creative Writing at Postgraduate Levels: the Sheffield Hallam Experience....Pages 95-98
Creative Writing and Ph.D. Research....Pages 99-103
A Critique of Postgraduate Workshops and a Case for Low-Residency MFAs....Pages 104-107
Front Matter....Pages 109-109
Reflections on Reflection: Supplementary Discourses in Creative Writing Teaching in the UK....Pages 111-115
The Lynchpin in the Workshop: Student Critique and Reflection....Pages 116-120
From Wales to Vermont – A Round Trip – a Personal Reflection on Creative Writing in the USA and the UK....Pages 121-127
Front Matter....Pages 129-129
Thinking Systematically About What We Do....Pages 131-135
Re … creation, Critique, Catalysis: Critical-creative Rewriting in Theory and Practice....Pages 136-142
Couplings, Matings, Hybridizations: What Writers Can Gain from Critical Theory....Pages 143-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Assessment of Poetry in Higher Education Courses: What Are the Limits?....Pages 151-155
Assessment as Empowerment: Grading Entry-Level Creative Writing Students....Pages 156-159
Ranking Student Writing as Bad Pedagogy and a Bogus Pretence of Objectivity....Pages 160-165
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
New Tools for Timeless Work: Technological Advances in Creative Writing Pedagogy....Pages 169-173
Lancaster University’s Creative Writing MA by Distance Learning....Pages 174-178
Back Matter....Pages 179-198