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The Art of Fiction

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307756718
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Fiction written by John Gardner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-08-18 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic guide, from the renowned novelist and professor, has helped transform generations of aspiring writers into masterful writers—and will continue to do so for many years to come. John Gardner was almost as famous as a teacher of creative writing as he was for his own works. In this practical, instructive handbook, based on the courses and seminars that he gave, he explains, simply and cogently, the principles and techniques of good writing. Gardner’s lessons, exemplified with detailed excerpts from classic works of literature, sweep across a complete range of topics—from the nature of aesthetics to the shape of a refined sentence. Written with passion, precision, and a deep respect for the art of writing, Gardner’s book serves by turns as a critic, mentor, and friend. Anyone who has ever thought of taking the step from reader to writer should begin here.

Why We Write

Author : Meredith Maran
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452298156
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (522 download)

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Download or read book Why We Write written by Meredith Maran and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-01-29 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty of America's bestselling authors share tricks, tips, and secrets of the successful writing life. Anyone who's ever sat down to write a novel or even a story knows how exhilarating and heartbreaking writing can be. So what makes writers stick with it? In Why We Write, twenty well-known authors candidly share what keeps them going and what they love most—and least—about their vocation. Contributing authors include: Isabel Allende David Baldacci Jennifer Egan James Frey Sue Grafton Sara Gruen Kathryn Harrison Gish Jen Sebastian Junger Mary Karr Michael Lewis Armistead Maupin Terry McMillan Rick Moody Walter Mosley Susan Orlean Ann Patchett Jodi Picoult Jane Smiley Meg Wolitzer

The Art of John Gardner

Author : Per Winther
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791411131
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book The Art of John Gardner written by Per Winther and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

On Moral Fiction

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1480409219
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book On Moral Fiction written by John Gardner and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Fearless, illuminating” criticism from a New York Times–bestselling author and legendary teacher, “proving . . . that true art is moral and not trivial” (Los Angeles Times). Novelist John Gardner’s thesis in On Moral Fiction is simple: “True art is by its nature moral.” It is also an audacious statement, as Gardner asserts an inherent value in life and in art. Since the book’s first publication, the passion behind Gardner’s assertion has both provoked and inspired readers. In examining the work of his peers, Gardner analyzes what has gone wrong, in his view, in modern art and literature, and how shortcomings in artistic criticism have contributed to the problem. He develops his argument by showing how artists and critics can reintroduce morality and substance to their work to improve society and cultivate our morality. On Moral Fiction is an essential read in which Gardner presents his thoughtfully developed criteria for the elements he believes are essential to art and its creation. This ebook features an illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives.

The Art of Living

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453203702
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Living written by John Gardner and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-09-21 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An inspired book of short stories that explores the profound relationship between life and art While mourning the loss of his son in the Vietnam War, an Italian chef reflects on the importance of art for future generations. An American boy retreats inward after he kills his younger brother in a farming accident, finding solace in classical music and a friendship with his teacher. Placing the artist at the center of his stories, Gardner produces a series of beautiful moments where art must act as a life-affirming force—and creates a collection of poignant narratives as a result. In The Art of Living, author John Gardner brings his most significant themes to life with stunning eloquence and masterful narration. This ebook features a new illustrated biography of John Gardner, including original letters, rare photos, and never-before-seen documents from the Gardner family and the University of Rochester Archives.

Grendel

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307756785
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Grendel written by John Gardner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2010-06-02 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This classic and much lauded retelling of Beowulf follows the monster Grendel as he learns about humans and fights the war at the center of the Anglo Saxon classic epic. "An extraordinary achievement."—New York Times The first and most terrifying monster in English literature, from the great early epic Beowulf, tells his own side of the story in this frequently banned book. This is the novel William Gass called "one of the finest of our contemporary fictions."

The Art of John Gardner

Author : Per Winther
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791411148
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (111 download)

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Download or read book The Art of John Gardner written by Per Winther and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1992-10-14 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 125 drawings exhibited by the Dusseldorf Museum in 1988. The collection and accompanying narrative essays tell the story of Julo Levin, artist and teacher, and the survival of the drawings. Finely reproduced color and bandw photos of Levin's work, that of his circle of friends, and, of course, that of the children. A translation from the German (1988, Dusseldorf: Claassen). An analysis of the work of American writer Gardner (1933-82), emphasizing his compositional method, as manifested in Grendel, The King's Indian, The Sunlight Dialogues, and Jason and Medeia. Revised from a 1985 doctoral dissertation at Olso University. Paper edition (unseen), $12.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Sunlight Dialogues

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811216708
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Sunlight Dialogues written by John Gardner and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 722 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vivid, compassionate, and often disturbing, this expansive novel is John Gardner's masterpiece.

John Gardner

Author : Barry Silesky
Publisher : Algonquin Books
ISBN 13 : 1565127595
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (651 download)

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Download or read book John Gardner written by Barry Silesky and published by Algonquin Books. This book was released on 2004-02-05 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For a decade--from 1973 to 1982--John Gardner was one of America's most famous writers and certainly its most flamboyantly opinionated. His 1973 novel, The Sunlight Dialogues, was on the New York Times bestseller list for fourteen weeks. Once in the limelight, he picked public fights with his peers, John Barth, Joseph Heller, and Norman Mailer among them, and wrote five more bestsellers. Gardner's personal life was as chaotic as his writing life was prolific. At twenty, he married his cousin Joan, and after a long marriage that was both passionate and violent, left her for Liz Rosenberg, a student. Only a few years later, he left Rosenberg for another student, Susan Thornton. Famous for disregarding his own safety, he rode his motorcycle at crazy speeds, incurred countless concussions, and once broke both of his arms. He survived what was diagnosed as terminal colon cancer only to resume his prodigious drinking and to die in a motorcycle accident at age forty-nine, a week before his third wedding. Biographer Barry Silesky captures John Gardner's fabulously contradictory genius and his capacity to both dazzle and infuriate. He portrays Gardner as a man of unrestrained energy and blatant contempt for convention and also as a man whose charisma drew students and devoted followers wherever he went. Amazingly, Gardner published twenty-nine books in all, including eleven fiction titles, a book-length epic poem, six books of medieval criticism, and a major biography. Twenty-one years after his death, his On Moral Fiction and The Art Of Fiction are still read and debated in MFA programs across the country. This is a full-scale biography of a writer who was, for ten years, almost bigger than life. It lives up to its subject magnificently.

Self-Renewal

Author : John W. Gardner
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1789120071
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Self-Renewal written by John W. Gardner and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-02-27 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The only stability possible is stability in motion.”—John William Gardner In his classic treatise Self-Renewal, John W. Gardner examines why great societies thrive and die. He argues that it is dynamism, not decay, that is dramatically altering the landscape of American society. The twentieth century has brought about change more rapidly than any previous era, and with that came advancements, challenges, and often destruction. Gardner cautions that “a society must court the kinds of change that will enrich and strengthen it, rather than the kind of change that will fragment and destroy it.” A society’s ability to renew itself hinges upon its individuals. Gardner reasons that it is the waning of the heart and spirit—not a lack of material might—that threatens American society. Young countries, businesses, and humans have several key commonalities: they are flexible, eager, open, curious, unafraid, and willing to take risks. These conditions lead to success. However, as time passes, so too comes complacency, apathy, and rigidity, causing motivation to plummet. It is at this junction that great civilizations fall, businesses go bankrupt, and life stagnates. Gardner asserts that the individual’s role in social renewal requires each person to face and look beyond imminent threats. Ultimately, we need a vision that there is something worth saving. Through this vision, Gardner argues, society will begin to renew itself, not permanently, but past its average lifespan, and it will at once become enriched and rejuvenated.

From Where You Dream

Author : Robert Olen Butler
Publisher : Open Road + Grove/Atlantic
ISBN 13 : 155584619X
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (558 download)

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Download or read book From Where You Dream written by Robert Olen Butler and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Pulitzer Prize–winning author “shares his insights into—and passion for—the creation and experience of fiction with total openness” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Robert Olen Butler, author of Perfume River, A Good Scent from a Strange Mountain, and A Small Hotel, teaches graduate fiction at Florida State University—his version of literary boot camp. In From Where You Dream, Butler reimagines the process of writing as emotional rather than intellectual, and tells writers how to achieve the dreamspace necessary for composing honest, inspired fiction. Proposing that fiction is the exploration of the human condition with yearning as its compass, Butler reinterprets the traditional tools of the craft using the dynamics of desire. Offering a direct view into the mind and craft of a literary master, From Where You Dream is an invaluable tool for the novice and experienced writer alike. “Incisive and provocative, Butler’s tutorials are a must for anyone even thinking about writing fiction, and readers, too, will benefit from his passionate exhortations.” —Booklist

On Writers and Writing

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Counterpoint
ISBN 13 : 9780201483383
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book On Writers and Writing written by John Gardner and published by Counterpoint. This book was released on 1995 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A first-time collection of the essays and reviews of the late artist and critic, presenting his views on Bellow, Nabokov, Updike, and others, explores subjects ranging from religion to fairy tales, and from King Arthur to Walt Disney.

Mickelsson's Ghosts

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Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780811216791
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book Mickelsson's Ghosts written by and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The critically acclaimed final masterwork of John Gardner: an American novel haunted with macabre and cerebral elements.

Common Errors

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0593082192
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Common Errors written by John Gardner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Vintage Shorts selection. In this chapter from his classic instructive handbook, The Art of Fiction, John Gardner illustrates the principles and techniques of good writing. Poor diction, confusing clauses, undue sentimentality and mannerism—these are pitfalls that plague experienced writers as well as those new to the craft. Exemplified with detailed excerpts from classic works of literature, Gardner explores how to achieve vivid, sensuous prose and how to avoid clumsy writing. All those who aspire to learn how to master the craft of fiction will be wise to begin with Gardner’s invaluable advice. An ebook short.

The Art of Living, and Other Stories

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Living, and Other Stories written by John Gardner and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1989 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America's most celebrated writers collects his enchanting tales about queens and kings and princesses in magical, timleless lands; marvelously warm and funny stories that move, amuse and enlighten us as they prove the mysterious and profound relation between art and life. Illustrated.

Understanding John Gardner

Author : John Michael Howell
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9780872498723
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Understanding John Gardner written by John Michael Howell and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces readers to the imagination of a popular & prolific American writer.

Conversations with John Gardner

Author : John Gardner
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 9780878054237
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (542 download)

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Download or read book Conversations with John Gardner written by John Gardner and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 1990 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection, selected from more than 140 interviews Gardner granted, presents a wealth of information on the life and art of one of America's foremost novelists. These interviews show him as a novelist, a charismatic teacher of creative writing, and a widely published scholar who has vast knowledge and who generated much literary information in his lectures and interviews. After the publication of such popular and critical successes as Grendel (1971) and The Sunlight Dialogues (1972), this philosophical writer with an enviable talent for storytelling was regarded as ""a major contemporary writer."" After Gardner had demonstrated that he was one of America's most prolific, versatile, and imaginative authors, he became one of its most controversial when he attacked the literary establishment in his book On Moral Fiction and in his interviews. These candid conversations reveal a man of contrasts and contradictions, a writer who, as one of his interviewers remarks, ""brought to everything he did a passion that at times bordered on madness.