Table of Contents

Prologue General Introduction PART I: CREATIVITIES:TEXTSIN 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 CreativeTension 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 PainAcross Genres;E.Semino Word Play across Languages and Cultures: Interview between G.D.Jayalakshmi, S.Upendran & R.Amritavalli PART II:CREATIVITYACROSS MODES, MEDIAAND TECHNOLOGIES Editors' Introduction to Part II Chains of Transformation: The Making of Heavy Water, a Film for Chernobyl; M.Petrucci Intimate Strangers:Dialogue and Creativityin 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 PageNew; P.Agbabi Stories in Performance; B.Haggarty PART III: CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS: AUDIENCE RESPONSES,READINGAND 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-Writingthe 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 TheProduction 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.

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'Creativity in Language is a provocative and valuable book.Its breadth of topics, variety of approaches, and self-consciously creative and dialogic nature are especially appropriate and creative ways of approaching the subject of creativity. The range of levels of difficulty, and the concentration on creativity in both everyday contexts and literary ones and in a wide range of genres, give potential teachers the opportunity to make assignments based on the needs and levels of preparation of their own students.The scope, variety, and original content of this book make it a unique contribution to the field.' - Professor David L. Hoover, New York University, USA

About the Author

JOAN SWANN Senior Lecturer and Director of the Centre for Language and Communication at The Open University. She has edited numerous books, including A Dictionary of Sociolinguistics with EUP in 2004 and The Art of English; everyday creativity with Palgrave Macmillan in 2006. ROB POPE Professor of English and UK National Teaching Fellow at Oxford Brookes University. He is the author of Creativity: Theory, History, Practice and The English Studies Book: Language, Literature and Culture. RONALD CARTER Professor of Modern English Language in the School of English studies at the University of Nottingham. He is Director of the Humanities Research Centre and the author of many acclaimed works in the field, including Language and Creativity: The Art of Common Talk, Introducing the Grammar of Talk and The Cambridge Grammar of English: A Comprehensive Guide to Spoken and Written Grammar.

Reviews

'Creativity in Language is a provocative and valuable book.Its breadth of topics, variety of approaches, and self-consciously creative and dialogic nature are especially appropriate and creative ways of approaching the subject of creativity. The range of levels of difficulty, and the concentration on creativity in both everyday contexts and literary ones and in a wide range of genres, give potential teachers the opportunity to make assignments based on the needs and levels of preparation of their own students.The scope, variety, and original content of this book make it a unique contribution to the field.' - Professor David L. Hoover, New York University, USA