Writers and their teachers
2023
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By turns reflective, entertaining and moving, this book reveals how some of the most influential and best loved writers of our time were shaped by their inspirational teachers. Nobel laureate J. M. Coetzee, Margaret Drabble, Stephen Greenblatt, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Andrew Motion, Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina and Paul Theroux are among the twenty contributors of original essays to this landmark volume celebrating masters of the teaching profession. What makes a good teacher? What lights the writer's creative fire? How can the teacher shape the writer? This book answers these questions and more, describing the powerful influence of mentors at an impressionable time of life, portraying the heart-warming transition from pupil to friend, and exploring the lasting impact that truly great teachers can have on their students. To have teachers who care, and to have such notable writers capture their spirit, is ample reason to read Dale Salwak's elegant celebration of the 'noble profession' and the world-renowned writers that it helped to hone.
Main title:
Writers and their teachers / edited by Dale Salwak.
Author:
Salwak, Dale, editor
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.©2023
Collation:
xviii, 237 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
9781350272262 (hbk)9781350272262
Dewey class:
808.02071808.02
Language:
English
BRN:
540857
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Languages and Literature | 808.02 WRI | Available |