Description
| Product ID: | 9781408131237 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Writers’ and Artists’ Companions |
| Title: | The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction |
| Authors: | Author: Midge Gillies, Sally Cline |
| Page Count: | 288 |
| Subjects: | Creative writing and creative writing guides, Creative writing & creative writing guides, English |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Written by tutors from the Arvon Foundation, the presitigious professional writing course, and with contributions from over 20 leading writers, The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction offers new insight into the critical impact and nature of, this evolving genre, adding to the ongoing debate and offering valuable instruction to authors. The Arvon Book of Literary Non-Fiction is an essential guide to writing in a wide range of genres, from travel writing to feminist polemic and writing on nature, history, death, friendship and sexuality.Part 1 explores the full range of genres and asks the question: what is literary non-fiction?Part 2 includes tips by such bestselling literary non-fiction writers as: Lisa Appignanesi, Rosemary Bailey, Gillian Beer, Bidisha, Lizzie Collingham, William Dalrymple, Stevie Davies, Colin Grant, Rahila Gupta, Philip Hoare, Siri Hustvedt, Alice Kessler-Harris, Barry Lopez, Richard Mabey, Robert Macfarlane, Sara Maitland, Neil McKenna, Caroline Moorehead, Susie Orbach, Jennifer Potter, Susan Sellers, Dava Sobel, Diana Souhami, Dale Spender, Francis Spufford, Daniel Swift, Colin Thubron, Natasha Walter, Sara Wheeler and Simon Winchester.Part 3 offers practical advice - from planning and researching to writing a proposal and finding an agent or a publisher when your work is complete. |
| Imprint Name: | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Publisher Name: | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2012-08-30 |
