The other shore

The other shore: essays on writers and writing

by Jackson, Michael

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This book addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. Drawing on literary, anthropological and autobiographical sources, the author explores writing as a technics akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Although Maurice Blanchot wrote of the impossibility of writing, the passion and paradox of litera…

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  • Full title :The other shore : essays on writers and writing / Michael Jackson.

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This book addresses the interplay between modes of writing, modes of understanding, and modes of being in the world. Drawing on literary, anthropological and autobiographical sources, the author explores writing as a technics akin to ritual, oral storytelling, magic and meditation, that enables us to reach beyond the limits of everyday life and forge virtual relationships and imagined communities. Although Maurice Blanchot wrote of the impossibility of writing, the passion and paradox of literature lies in its attempt to achieve the impossible--a leap of faith.

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  • Publication Date:©2013.

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  • Description:xi, 205 pages ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780520275249, 0520275241, 9780520275263, 0520275268
  • oclc:ocn808007361
  • LC Classification:PS379
  • Dewey Decimal:813/.509

Table of Contents

The other shore -- The red road -- Kindred spirits -- Writing under the influence -- A typewriter collecting dust -- Writing in limbo -- The magical power of words -- Flights of fancy -- Writing fellowship -- There go I -- Love letters -- Writing for bare life -- Writing so as not to die -- Chinese boxes -- The writing on the wall -- Writing out of the blue -- A storyteller's story -- Writing in the dark -- Writing in the zone -- Writing, naturally -- Writing workshop -- The books in my life -- Writing utopia -- Writing in search of lost time -- Writing about writers -- Writing in ruins -- Writing as a way of life.

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02.99 science and culture in general: o… 05.16 writing American fiction American fiction -- History and critici… Antropologische aspecten Art d'écrire Authorship Criticism, interpretation, etc English language -- Writing English Literature English literature -- History and criti… Littérature anglaise -- Histoire et cri… Roman américain -- Histoire et critique… schrijven

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Jackson, Michael

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