New and Experimental Approaches to Writing Lives (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781352007183)

With recent advances in digital technology, a number of exciting and innovative approaches to writing lives have emerged, from graphic memoirs to blogs and other visual-verbal-virtual texts. This edited collection is a timely study of new approaches to writing lives, including literary docu-memoir, autobiographical cartography, social media life writing and autobiographical writing for children. Combining literary theory with insightful critical approaches, each essay offers a serious study of innovative forms of life writing, with a view to reflecting on best practice and offering the reader practical guidance on methods and techniques.

Offering a range of practical exercises and an insight into cutting-edge literary methodologies, this is an inspiring and thought-provoking companion for students of literature and creative writing studying courses on life writing, memoir or creative non-fiction.

Author: Caroline McMillen
ISBN-10: 1352007185
ISBN-13: 9781352007183
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Language: English
Published: 08/22/2019
Pages: 236
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 9.48h x 7.21w x 0.54d