Williams, Dr Paul
Writing the Radical Memoir: A Theoretical and Craft-based Approach
- ISBN 13:
- 9781350272217
- author:
- Williams, Dr Paul
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Bloomsbury Academic
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2023
- Pages:
- 184
- Dimensions:
- 1.3 x 15.7 x 15.7 centimetres (0
- Genre:
- Fiction & Literature, Literary Criticsm, Semiotics & Theory,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
Writing the Radical Memoir: A Theoretical and Craft-based Approach by Paul Williams and Shelley Davidow For those who have mastered the basics of memoir, this book offers a deeper exploration of creative nonfiction. It applies salient theories about memory and the self to challenge assumptions about how we remember and tell the truth in our lives. By examining key principles from influential thinkers like Barthes, Lacan, Derrida, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Philippe Le Jeune, and Joseph Campbell, you'll gain a new understanding of how to apply theoretical ideas to your writing. The book provides innovative exercises and prompts for further reading, covering topics such as the writer/reader contract, neuro-scientific theory, character development, and identity construction. By bringing together lived experience, post-structuralist and postmodernist theories, praxis, and artistic vision, this unique approach encourages you to think critically about the self and its portrayal in memoir. Through original analysis and practical application, Writing the Radical Memoir helps you push back against traditional structures and explore new ways of writing about your life.
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