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Literary Non-Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion: Writing About Everything From Travel to Food to Sex [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 198x124x16 mm, weight: 320 g
  • Serija: Writers and Artists Companions
  • Išleidimo metai: 19-Nov-2015
  • Leidėjas: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN-10: 1474268307
  • ISBN-13: 9781474268301
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 280 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 198x124x16 mm, weight: 320 g
  • Serija: Writers and Artists Companions
  • Išleidimo metai: 19-Nov-2015
  • Leidėjas: Bloomsbury Academic
  • ISBN-10: 1474268307
  • ISBN-13: 9781474268301
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Literary Non-Fiction: A Writers' & Artists' Companion 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.

Daugiau informacijos

An authoritative and inspiring companion to writing in a wide range of non-fiction genres, including tips from bestselling authors such as Siri Hustvedt and Dava Sobel.
Foreword xi
David Kynaston
Preface to series xiii
Carole Angier
Sally Cline
Part One Literary non-fiction
1(110)
1 Introduction by Sally Cline
3(4)
2 What is literary non-fiction? by Sally Cline
7(12)
3 Challenges of literary non-fiction by Midge Gillies
19(10)
4 Reflections on travel writing by Midge Gillies
29(13)
5 Reflections on food writing by Sally Cline
42(10)
6 Reflections on nature and landscape by Midge Gillies
52(11)
7 Reflections on feminism by Sally Cline
63(11)
8 Reflections on history by Midge Gillies
74(12)
9 Reflections on sexuality, friendship and death by Sally Cline
86(13)
10 Reflections on the mysteries of mind and body by Sally Cline
99(12)
Part Two Tips and tales -- guest contributors
111(48)
Lisa Appignanesi
113(1)
Rosemary Bailey
114(2)
Gillian Beer
116(1)
Bidisha
117(2)
Lizzie Collingham
119(1)
William Dalrymple
120(2)
Stevie Davies
122(1)
Colin Grant
123(2)
Rahila Gupta
125(1)
Philip Hoare
126(2)
Siri Hustvedt
128(2)
Alice Kessler-Harris
130(2)
Barry Lopez
132(1)
Richard Mabey
133(2)
Robert Macfarlane
135(1)
Sara Maitland
136(2)
Neil McKenna
138(1)
Caroline Moorehead
139(2)
Susie Orbach
141(1)
Jennifer Potter
142(2)
Susan Sellers
144(1)
Dava Sobel
145(2)
Diana Souhami
147(1)
Dale Spender
148(2)
Francis Spufford
150(1)
Daniel Swift
151(1)
Colin Thubron
152(2)
Natasha Walter
154(1)
Sara Wheeler
155(2)
Simon Winchester
157(2)
Part Three Write on
159(48)
Planning
1 Planning the writing by Sally Cline
161(6)
2 Planning social or cultural history by Midge Gillies
167(4)
3 Planning travel writing and writing about nature and landscape by Midge Gillies
171(3)
4 Planning a biography or autobiography by Sally Cline
174(9)
5 Planning a memoir by Sally Cline
183(5)
6 Structure for all types of literary non-fiction by Midge Gillies
188(4)
7 Writing a proposal by Midge Gillies
192(5)
8 Mentoring and other matters by Sally Cline
197(7)
9 Agents and publishers by Midge Gillies
204(3)
Research
1 Where to go
207(12)
Basic printed resources
207(1)
National Archives
208(1)
Births, deaths and marriages
208(1)
Wills
209(1)
Local archives
209(1)
Libraries and museums
210(1)
University libraries
211(1)
Public libraries
211(1)
Other libraries
211(2)
Museums
213(1)
Online sources
214(5)
2 Other things to do in the research period
219(2)
Copyright research
219(2)
Writing
1 Short pieces as starting points by Sally Cline
221(4)
2 Description by Midge Gillies
225(2)
3 Interviewing by Sally Cline
227(7)
4 Using quotations and dialogue by Midge Gillies
234(3)
5 Truth versus facts by Midge Gillies
237(2)
Acknowledgements 239(2)
Permissions 241(1)
Select bibliography and further reading 242(15)
Index 257
Sally Cline, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and Advisory Fellow to the Royal Literary Fund, is an award winning biographer and short fiction writer. Her 12 books include biographies of Zelda Fitzgerald, Lillian Hellman and Dashiell Hammett, and Radclyffe Hall, (shortlisted for USA LAMBDA award). She is currently writing a Brief Life of Dashiell Hammett. Former Writer in Residence at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, she is co-Series Editor of Bloomsbury's nine-volume Writers' & Artists' Companions series.

Midge Gillies has written seven non-fiction books, including two highly acclaimed biographies: Amy Johnson: Queen of Air about the record-breaking pilot, and Marie Lloyd: The One and Only, a life of the Edwardian music hall star. Her most recent book is The Barbed-Wire University: The Real Lives of Allied Prisoners of War in the Second World War. She is a part-time tutor at Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education.