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Includes bibliographical references (p. 152-161).

"This book advances creative writing studies as a developing field of inquiry, scholarship, and research. It discusses the practice of creative writing studies, the establishment of a body of professional knowledge, and the goals and future direction of the discipline within the academy. This book also traces the development of creative writing studies; noting that as the new discipline matures — as it refers to evidence of its own research methodology and collective data, and locates its authority in its own scholarship — creative writing studies will bring even more meaning to the academy, its profession, and its student body." (Publisher's Website)

CONTENTS:

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Emergence of Creative Writing Studies

The Disciplinary Status of Creative Writing/Creative Writing Studies

The Emergence of Creative Writing Studies – Where to Begin?

Establishing Creative Writing Studies as an Academic Discipline

SECTION 1

A Taxonomy of Creative Writing Pedagogies

Where Meaning Lies – A Multi-Faceted Approach

Orientation of Critical Theories

The Objective Theory as New Criticism

The Expressivist Theory

The Mimetic Theory as Imitable Functions

The Pragmatic Theory as Reader-Response

SECTION 2

The Writing Workshop Model

A Workshop Survey

Defining the Workshop Model

A Study of the Workshop Model

How Our Workshop History Informs Our Praxes

Perceptions and Practice

Developing Markers of Professional Difference

The Case for Creative Writing Research as Knowledge

The Workshop Model: Final Arguments

SECTION 3

The Academic Home of Creative Writing Studies

Control of Space, Domain and Power

The Academic Home of Creative Writing Studies

CONCLUSION: The Legitimacy of Creative Writing Studies

References