Creativity and Contingency in Literary Writing

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

The first book to investigate, analyze and theorize the creative processes of literary writers, Creativity and Contingency in Literary Writing uses author interviews, manuscript genetics and textual evidence to explore creativity from the authorial perspective. Studying an author’s practice, literary form and contextual contingencies as elements that affect literary creativity, Karin Kukkoken develops theoretical models for examining the age-old problem of artistic creation and how it has been put to works by authors from the nineteenth century to the age of digital fiction, across a range of languages. With insights from the cognitive sciences, anthropology and philosophy of mind as well as literary studies, the book calls upon interviews with Siri Hustvedt, Marina Warner, Anne Weber, Camille Laurens, Gwenaëlle Aubry, Kate Pullinger, Gunnhild Øyehaug, Maria Stepanova and György Dragomán and studies the manuscripts of Charlotte Brontë, Cora Sandel, Elsa Morante and Italo Calvino.Overcoming the traditional distinction between creative agent, process and creative product, Creativity and Contingency in Literary Writing is as accessible and illuminating as it is important to understandings of human creativity.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-01-08
Mått:164 x 232 x 22 mm
Vikt:560 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:272
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350522664

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Karin Kukkonen is Professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has published several monographs, including Probability Designs (2020). Having previously held positions in Finland and the UK, she now leads the interdisciplinary centre “LCE – Literature, Cognition and Emotions”, where she established the LCE podcast which explores how literature shapes thoughts and feelings.

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Creativity and Contingency in Literary Writing offers an engaging and insightful exploration of literary creativity, showing how authorial practice, literary form, and contingency combine in the making of literature. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in how great literature comes to life.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface AcknowledgementsA Note on Translations Introduction: The Second Book Problem Chapter 1: Contingency Traps: Form to ContingencyChapter 2: Contingent Selves: Contingency to FormChapter 3: Why One Form and Not Another? Form to PracticeChapter 4: Paper, Type-Writers and Screens: Practice to FormChapter 5: Provoking Chance: Practice to ContingencyChapter 6: Found Objects, Lives and Words: Contingency to PracticeConclusion: When It’s FinishedAppendix I: Overview of InterviewsAppendix II: Overview of ManuscriptsAppendix III: Citations in the Original Languages BibliographyIndex

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Sigrid Schottenius Cullhed, Andreas Hedberg, Johan Svedjedal, Karl Berglund, Margaretha Fahlgren, Carin Franzén, Thomas Götselius, Paula Henrikson, Sam Holmqvist, Karin Kukkonen, Christian Lenemark, Jerry Määttä, Magnus Nilsson, Anna Nordenstam, Ann Steiner, Marie Öhman