Craft consciousness and artistic practice in creative writing
by Ristow, Ben
"As a mode of consciousness, craft does not follow the tropes of technique; and instead writers, as with all artists, explore material, formal, and aesthetic conditions through the development of an individual project and their evolution as artists over time. This book examines the theories and histories that define craft as a collaborative, anti-capitalistic, process-based philosophy that intervenes in traditions that exclude some writers from making art. Drawing from 25 interviews across the …
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- Full title :Craft consciousness and artistic practice in creative writing / Ben Ristow.
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"As a mode of consciousness, craft does not follow the tropes of technique; and instead writers, as with all artists, explore material, formal, and aesthetic conditions through the development of an individual project and their evolution as artists over time. This book examines the theories and histories that define craft as a collaborative, anti-capitalistic, process-based philosophy that intervenes in traditions that exclude some writers from making art. Drawing from 25 interviews across the disciplines, Craft Consciousness and Artistic Practice in Creative Writing examines how artists traverse material, disciplinary, generic, and sociocultural factors that define them and their practice. It also argues that creative writers are artists who use craft consciousness as an exploratory, invention method that defies definitions of genre, discipline, or form. Craft consciousness revolutionizes the way we conceptualize and liberate the practicing artist who teaches and designs graduate programs for creative writers."--
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- Publication Date:2020.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Bloomsbury
- Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2020.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (224 pages).
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781350120716, 1350120715
- DOI:10.5040/9781350120716
- oclc:on1238133550
- LC Classification:PN187
- Dewey Decimal:808
Table of Contents
Introduction -- Chapter One. "What is the good?": in search of the virtue of craft in creative writing -- Chapter Two. Beyond romanticist philosophies of techn:̊ principles of craft consciousness -- Chapter Three. Made for disruption: qualitative research into the practices of artist-teachers -- Chapter Four. Benchwork, workshop culture, and craft consciousness in teaching spaces -- Epilogue: craft futures.
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