{"product_id":"myth-and-creative-writing-the-self-renewing-song-9781408204641","title":"Myth and Creative Writing: The Self-Renewing Song","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Adrian May\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Taylor \u0026amp; Francis\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Longman Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Rhetoric\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCreative writing has always been influenced by myth, and examining the sophisticated relationship between creativity and myth can help writers develop their craft. \"Myth and Creative Writing: The Self-Renewing Song\" is a practical guide to using myth to understand the creative process, and to enhance creative writing with the use of mythic material. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffering writing exercises and examples of the use of myth in prose, poetry and song, Adrian May provides a clear and accessible guide through the process of writing and how it can be enhanced by myth. From the classical to fairytale, the Biblical to urban myth, and symbols of nature and time, the concept of myth in all its forms is studied with insight and sensitivity. A subject dictionary of ways that writers can make mythic and symbolic connections within their work offers writers the opportunity to make new writing resonate as the best mythic writing does. Drawing on subjects as diverse as \"Gilgamesh\" and contemporary film, \"Mythand Creative Writing\" \"The Self-Renewing Song\" makes the rich resource of myth accessible to all writers, from students of creative writing to seasoned authors.\"\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\" \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdrian May was a songwriter in English folk clubs before becoming a teacher of writing at the University of Essex. He has published essays on writing, myth and song lyrics, and is the author of a collection of poems, \"An Essex Attitude\" (Wivenbooks, 2009).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45235587186839,"sku":"9781408204641","price":3478.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781408204641.webp?v=1769210229","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/myth-and-creative-writing-the-self-renewing-song-9781408204641","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}