Myth and Creative Writing: The Self-Renewing Song

ISBN-13: 9781408204641 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 232 str.

Adrian May

Opis

This title is a unique and practical guide to the arts of creative writing. It gives a historical perspective on the storyteller's art and takes a wide view of myth, to include legends, folklore, biblical myth, classical myth, belief myths, balladry and song.

Spis treści

Preface: Mythic Intentions  Introduction: The Mythic Writer  PART ONE: Myth and the Creative Process  1. Starting Creation  2. Birth Myths  3. The Truth Lies  4. Mythic Navigation Devices  5. Dark Matter  6. Late Heroes  7. Happiness Writes  8. Myth Madness  9. Modernising Myths  10. The Daily Myther  11. Dooms and Dead Ends  12. Myths of Fame  Postscript: Theories and Fairies, Myth and Magic  PART TWO: A Mythic Subject Dictionary  Bibliography  Index

O autorze

Adrian May was a songwriter in English folk clubs before becoming a teacher of writing at the University of Essex. He has published essays on writing, myth and song lyrics, and is the author of a collection of poems, An Essex Attitude (Wivenbooks, 2009).