Creativity in Language and Literature : The State of the Art (Paperback)

Prologue.- General Introduction.- PART I: CREATIVITIES: TEXTS IN CONTEXT, GENRES IN PRACTICE.- Editors' Introduction to Part I.- Give Me (Deep Intake of Breath) Inspiration; P.Agbabi.- 'Can't We Ever, My Love, Speak in the Same Language?': Everyday Language and Creative Tension in the Poetry of Louis MacNeice; R.D.Brown.- Bilingual Verbal Art of Fama: Linguistic Hybridity and Creativity of a Hong Kong Hip Hop Group; A.Lin.- Metaphor in Prosaic and Poetic Creativity; L.Cameron.- Metaphor, Creativity and the Experience of Pain Across Genres; E.Semino.- Word Play across Languages and Cultures: Interview between G.D.Jayalakshmi, S.Upendran & R.Amritavalli.- PART II: CREATIVITY ACROSS MODES, MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGIES.- Editors' Introduction to Part II.- Chains of Transformation: The Making of Heavy Water, a Film for Chernobyl; M.Petrucci.- Intimate Strangers: Dialogue and Creativity in Penfriend Correspondence; J.Maybin.- Creativity, Materiality and Representation in New Communication Technologies; A.Goddard.- Improvisations and Transformations Across Modes: The Case of a Classroom Multimodal Box Project; K.Pahl.- Hybridity in the Mind and on the Page: Genre, Words, Music and Narrative; M.Wandor.- Mature Poet Steals: Sonnet as Problem Page New; P.Agbabi.- Stories in Performance; B.Haggarty.- PART III: CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS: AUDIENCE RESPONSES, READING AND RE-WRITING.- Editors' Introduction to Part III.- The First Three Minutes: Seducing the Audience in 'Arranged Marriage'; G.D.Jayalakshmi.- Authenticity and Creativity in Reading Lamentation; P.Stockwell.- How Reading Groups Talk about Books: A Study of Literary Reception; J.Swann.- Reader Response and the Formulation of Literary Judgement; J.Spiro.- Practical Measures: Poet as Editor; F.Sampson.- Re-Writing the Critical-Creative Continuum: '10x...'; R.Pope.- Reading a Hindi Poem: Lost in Translation?; R.B.Nair.- An A-Z of Textual Re-Creation; R.Pope.- PART IV: OPEN QUESTIONS, ONGOING DEBATES.- Editors' Introduction to Part IV.- The Production of 'Creativity'; D.Allington.- In Defence of Genius; G.Cook.- Creative Writing: Habitat Homo Sapiens; G.Harper.- Three Reflections on Creativity and Writing; J.Cook.- Creativity Looks at Language; R.Finnegan.- Epilogue Creativity: Postscripts and Prospects; R.Carter.