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Writing Manuals for the Masses : The Rise of the Literary Advice Industry from Quill to Keyboard.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Masschelein, Anneleen.
Other Authors: de Geest, Dirk.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2020.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:New Directions in Book History Series
Subjects:
Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Preface
  • Praise for Writing Manuals for the Masses
  • Contents
  • Editors and Contributors
  • List of Figures
  • 1 Introduction: Literary Advice from Quill to Keyboard
  • Introduction
  • The "Origin" of Literary Advice (Antiquity-1846)
  • Preliminaries: From Classical Poetics to Professional Advice
  • The Disputed Origin of Literary Advice: Edgar Allan Poe's "Philosophy of Composition"
  • The Era of the Literary Advice Handbook
  • The Bifurcation of Literary Advice: "The Art of Fiction"
  • Form and Content of Literary Advice Handbooks from the Era of the Handbook and Beyond
  • The Expansion of the Literary Advice Industry
  • Literary Advice Moguls
  • Advice in Literature
  • The Role of Women in the Advice Industry
  • 'The Program' and the Rise of the Advice Author as Author
  • Creative Writing and Literary Advice
  • Interviews and Literary Advice
  • Hollywood Gurus and Advice Serials
  • The Writing Memoir
  • Advice in the Digital Literary Sphere
  • How to Read This Book
  • References
  • Part I From Fictioneering to Wattpad
  • 2 Learning Fiction by Subscription: The Art and Business of Literary Advice 1884-1895
  • Introduction
  • The Art of Discussing Fiction
  • The Story of the Short Story
  • Atalanta's School of Fiction
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 3 "You Will Be Surprised that Fiction Has Become an Art": The Language of Craft and the Legacy of Henry James
  • Introduction
  • What Is a "Professional" Writer?
  • Art as Mystery
  • The Writer and the Painter
  • The Prefaces
  • The Deeply Wondering and the Really Sentient
  • The Professional Students
  • "History Develops, Art Stands Still"
  • References
  • 4 "Your Successful Man of Letters Is Your Successful Tradesman": Fiction and the Marketplace in British Author's Guides of the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
  • Introduction.
  • Author's Guides, Agents, and Yearbooks: The Late-Victorian and Edwardian Literary Advice Industry
  • "Novel-Writing Taught in Ten Lessons!": Literary Composition as an Art and Authorship as a Trade
  • Challenges and Opportunities for Writers in a Changing Literary Marketplace
  • Men of Genius, Literary Value, and the Business Side of Books
  • "Prepare for Serious Work": Diligence, Professional Practicalities, and the Rules of the "Art of Fiction"
  • Gender, Fiction, and Literary Advice
  • References
  • 5 "Do You Use a Pencil or a Pen?": Author Interviews as Literary Advice
  • Introduction
  • "How Writers Work": Literary Advice in the Author Interview
  • Prestige and Pencils: The Paris Review Interview
  • Author Interviews and Online Literary Advice
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 6 "Stand Out from the Crowd!": Literary Advice in Online Writing Communities
  • Background to Literary Advice Online
  • The Rise of Wattpad
  • How to Get Ahead on Wattpad
  • Off-Site Sources of Advice for Wattpadders
  • On-Site Advice and Support
  • User Comments
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part II Case Studies of Literary Advice
  • 7 Tools for Shaping Stories? Visual Plot Models in a Sample of Anglo-American Advice Handbooks
  • Introduction
  • Visual Plot Models as Central Nodes
  • In the Beginning There Was… Aristotle
  • A Development of Linear Plot Models: From "Freytag's Pyramid" to "Field's Paradigm"
  • A Polar and a Circular Model Both Become Linear
  • The Mountain Model, a Synthesis
  • Plot Models as Generative Tools with the Hero's Journey
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 8 The "Ready-Made-Writer" in a Selection of Contemporary Francophone Literary Advice Manuals
  • Introduction1
  • The Birth of the Creator
  • Body and Energy
  • Decor and Characters
  • The Studious Apprentice
  • Entrepreneur
  • Conclusion
  • References.
  • 9 Taking Self-Help Books Seriously: The Informal Aesthetic Education of Writers
  • Introduction
  • The Extracurriculum of Writing Instruction
  • Teachers as Obstacles to Writing Ability
  • Advocating for Universal Writing Ability
  • The Role of the Unconscious in Writing
  • Issues of Control and Creativity
  • The Holistic Nature of Writing
  • Elbow's Writing Without Teachers: The Informal Affecting the Formal in Aesthetic Education
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 10 A Pulse Before Shelf Life: Literary Advice on Notebook-Writing as Event
  • Introduction
  • End-Less Writing: Writing's Event
  • Gifted: Creative Receptivity
  • Besideness: Making a Difference
  • References
  • 11 "Writing by Prescription": Creative Writing as Therapy and Personal Development
  • Introduction
  • Therapeutic Writing: A Longstanding History and a Heterogeneous Field
  • Programmed Versus Non-restrictive Writing
  • Jessica Kingsley Publishers: Turning Readers into Writers
  • Three Therapeutic Writing Oeuvres: Gillie Bolton, Kate Thompson, and Celia Hunt
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Part III Adopting and Resisting Literary Advice Culture
  • 12 Reproduction as Literary Production: Self-Expression and the Index in Kenneth Goldsmith's Uncreative Writing
  • Introduction
  • Exercises in Uncreativity
  • The Logic of the Index
  • Self-Expression via Copying Vs. Copying as Self-Expression
  • Literary Advice for the Twenty-First Century?
  • References
  • 13 Creative Writing Crosses the Atlantic: An Attempt at Creating a Minor French Literature
  • Introduction
  • Creative Writing in France: The Atelier d'écriture
  • François Bon's Outils du roman
  • Minor Literature in an International Context
  • Minor Literature in the French Context
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 14 "Mostrar, no decir": The Influence of and Resistance Against Workshop Poetics on the Hispanic Literary Field.
  • Introduction
  • A Short History of Creative Writing Advice in the Hispanic World
  • From Boom to MFA: The Rising Influence of Creative Writing Programs in Twenty-First-Century Hispanic Literature
  • The Impact of Workshop Poetics on Hispanic Literature
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 15 Work and the Writing Life: Shifts in the Relationship Between 'Work' and 'The Work' in Twenty-First-Century Literary-Advice Memoirs
  • The Absorption Narrative: Labor Transformed by Artistic Critique and Vice Versa
  • Visions of Autonomous Production: Twentieth-Century Models of Literary Advice
  • Caught Between 'Work' and 'the Work': Literary-Advice Memoirs of Late Capitalism
  • Conclusion: The Ambivalent Politics of the Literary-Advice Memoir
  • Bibliography
  • 16 "If You Can Read, You Can Write, or Can You, Really?"
  • Introduction
  • The "Advicization" of Contemporary Reading/Writing Culture
  • Curating Advice in Contemporary Fiction
  • Telling Your Story, or Let's Build a Home
  • The Empire Strikes Back, or No, You Really Shouldn't Tell Your Story, and the Evils of Graphomania
  • Sanctifying Solitude and the Dangers of the Single Story About Writing
  • "I Wanted to Start with Truth and End with Art"
  • Conclusion: How to Make Literary Fiction Matter in Digital Culture?
  • References
  • Index.

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