The 21st-Century Novel : : Notes from the Edinburgh World Writers' Conference / / Jonathan Bastable, Hannah McGill.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Bastable, Jonathan,; McGill, Hannah,
• MitwirkendeR: A New Age Of Fiction,,; Al-Barghouti, Tamim,; Barley, Nick,; Behrendt, Larissa,; Bris, Michel Le,; Burgess, Melvin,; Butler, Cortina,; Cole, Teju,; Cooke, Sophie,; Dongala, Emmanuel,; Er, Li,; Gray, Keith,; Gunn, Kirsty,; Habila, Helon,; Haddad, Hubert,; James, Marlon,; Joseph, Anjali,; Kassabova, Kapka,; Klein, Georg,; Lamrabet, Rachida,; Lohrey, Amanda,; Mabanckou, Alain,; Markovits, Benjamin,; McGill, Hannah,; Miéville, China,; Mougy, Sahar El,; Ndebele, Njabulo,; Ness, Patrick,; Rahimi, Atiq,; Sansal, Boualem,; Senior, Olive,; Smith, Ali,; Soueif, Ahdaf,; Toews, Miriam,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2014
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (352 p.)

Contemporary creative writers reflect on the past, present and future of the novelIn 2012-2013, a year-long conversation between writers took place at 17 literary festivals around the world, from Jaipur to Krasnoyarsk, and from Melbourne to Berlin. Distinguished novelists such as Irvine Welsh, Ahdaf Soueif and Ali Smith shared their thoughts on various aspects of contemporary literature – the challenges it faces and the directions it is taking. This book is in part an anthology of the best of those accounts and also an overview of the lively wide-ranging global debate that the authors’ views engendered among the many writers who took part. It adds up to an arresting and thought-provoking picture of the state of world literature today.Key FeaturesA powerful statement of the significance of literature in the modern world, and a call-to-arms for those who believe that fine writing is endangeredContributors include well-known contemporary novelists such as: China Mieville, Ahdaf Soueif, Kapka Kassabova, Irvine Welsh, Ali Smith and Kirsty GunnProvides an international perspective on the issues facing writers and writing in general, and the present-day novel in particularA new and valuable resource for academics and students, and a fascinating primer for a wider readership – for those who want to know how fiction functions & who like to get an insight into the thought processes of creative artists

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference 2012–2013 -- Introduction -- The Future Of The Novel -- Introduction: Modernity And Machinery -- Keynote: The Autonovelator -- Discussion: The Protean Genre -- Keynote: After The Novelist -- Discussion: Twitter Storms -- Keynote: Escape To The Big Time -- Discussion: Enemies Of The Novel -- Keynote: A New Age Of Fiction -- Discussion: Reasons To Be Hopeful -- Keynote: A Shred Of Objectivity -- Discussion: Questions Of Ownership -- Keynote: Egypt Rising -- Should Literature Be Political? -- Introduction: Nailing The Important Stuff -- Keynote: The Great Narrative Of The World -- Discussion: Politics On The Page -- Keynote: Weapons Of Struggle -- Discussion: Game-Changing Books -- Keynote: The Power And The Story -- Discussion: The Russian Dimension -- Keynote: The Heart Of A Heartless World -- Discussion: The Impotent Text -- Keynote: Words As A Pledge -- Discussion: On Ambiguity -- Keynote: Big ‘P’ And Little ‘p’ -- Discussion: When Is A Book Political? -- Keynote: The State Fell, The Poem Ruled -- Censorship Today -- Introduction: Engines Of Silence -- Keynote: Voices Of Unreason -- Discussion: Speaking Freely -- Keynote: The Censors Within -- Discussion: Everything Is Permitted -- Keynote: The Gatekeepers -- Discussion: On Taking Offence -- Keynote: A Death Penalty For Thought -- Discussion: Sousveillers And Fifty-Centers -- Keynote: The Whale On The Rock -- A National Literature -- Introduction: Marking Your Territory -- Keynote: Negotiations Against Difference -- Discussion: Brit Lit -- Keynote: Allochthoon, Autochtoon -- Discussion: Words Of War / Velibor Čolić -- Keynote: Serve The Story -- Discussion: Writers As Nation-Builders -- Keynote: Writing Across Boundaries -- Discussion: News From Elsewhere -- Keynote: On The African Novel -- Discussion: Lingua Franca -- Keynote: Categorisation Is Reductive -- Discussion: Above The Barriers -- Keynote: Citizens Of The Cosmopolis -- Style Versus Content -- Introduction: Reading The Reader -- Keynote: ‘Fight! Fight! Fight!’ -- Discussion: Thought’s Clothing -- Keynote: The Tao Of Writing -- Discussion: Voice, Gait, Watermark … -- Keynote: On Form -- Discussion: You’ve Either Got, Or You Haven’t Got … -- Keynote: The Feeling Of The World -- Afterword / The New Publishing -- Biographies Of Keynote Speakers -- Index -- Acknowledgements