by Sally Cline
First published 2012
Sally Cline tackles the challenge of defining and mastering literary nonfiction across its many forms. She examines diverse genres including travel writing, feminist argument, and explorations of nature, history, mortality, relationships, and human sexuality. The book divides into three focused sections. First, Cline surveys the complete spectrum of literary nonfiction and addresses the fundamental question of what distinguishes this form of writing. Second, she presents guidance from accomplished practitioners like Lisa Appignanesi, William Dalrymple, Robert Macfarlane, Barry Lopez, Siri Hustvedt, and Simon Winchester, among many others. The final section delivers concrete advice on the business of writing, covering research methods, proposal development, and the process of securing representation and publication. Cline provides writers with both the conceptual framework to understand literary nonfiction and the practical tools to succeed in creating it.
Genres: essays, literary-criticism, literary-fiction, writing, non-fiction, biography-memoir, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: expert-advice, how-to, survey
288 pages · Unknown Binding · Bloomsbury Academic