{"product_id":"creativity-and-contingency-in-literary-writing-9781350522664","title":"Creativity and Contingency in Literary Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe first book to investigate, analyze and theorize the creative processes of literary writers, \u003ci\u003eCreativity and Contingency in Literary Writing \u003c\/i\u003euses author interviews, manuscript genetics and textual evidence to explore creativity from the authorial perspective. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStudying 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  yehaug, Maria Stepanova and György Dragomán and studies the manuscripts of Charlotte Brontë, Cora Sandel, Elsa Morante and Italo Calvino.\u003cbr\u003eOvercoming the traditional distinction between creative agent, process and creative product, \u003ci\u003eCreativity and Contingency in Literary Writing\u003c\/i\u003e is as accessible and illuminating as it is important to understandings of human creativity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarin Kukkonen\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor in Comparative Literature at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has published several monographs, including \u003ci\u003eProbability Designs\u003c\/i\u003e (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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52101651235090,"sku":"9781350522664","price":126.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e6b998ae-10d9-4527-b095-4bb082899672.jpg?v=1773135409","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/creativity-and-contingency-in-literary-writing-9781350522664","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}