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Creativity: Theory, History, Practice offers important new perspectives on creativity in the light of contemporary critical theory and cultural history. Innovative in approach as well as argument, the book crosses disciplinary boundaries and builds new bridges between the critical and the creative. It is organised in four parts:

  • Why creativity now? offers much-needed alternatives to both the Romantic stereotype of the creator as individual genius and the tendency of the modern creative industries to treat everything as a commodity
  • defining creativity, creating definitions traces the changing meaning of ''create'' from religious ideas of divine creation from nothing to advertising notions of concept creation. It also examines the complex history and extraordinary versatility of terms such as imagination, invention, inspiration and originality
  • dreation as myth, story, metaphor begins with modern re-tellings of early Africa

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    'This varied and provocative book takes a multi-lensed instrument to the many historical and theoretical facets of creativity. Pope's scope is immense, his method discursive.'Writing in Education

    'For an author to achieve the rigour and practical applicability of a text-book as well as the academic and depth-informed qualities of a monograph, while creating at the same time ample room for discursive and associative play, is no mean feat - but this is Pope's ongoing signature and para phase'Writing in Education

    'This is a valuable book that ought to be read by anyone in the humanities working on notions of the creative ... The book will provide valuable service to numerous readers as an intellectual workout on the diversity of its field.' –British Association for Romantic Studies



    Table of Contents
    Acknowledgements, . . . before the beginning, PART 1 Why creativity now?, PART 2 Defining creativity, creating definitions, PART 3 Creation as myth, story, metaphor, PART 4 Creative practices, cultural processes: a critical anthology, after the end . . ., Further reading by topic, Bibliography, Index

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis
      Publication Date: 4/25/2005 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780415349161, 978-0415349161
      ISBN10: 0415349168

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Creativity: Theory, History, Practice offers important new perspectives on creativity in the light of contemporary critical theory and cultural history. Innovative in approach as well as argument, the book crosses disciplinary boundaries and builds new bridges between the critical and the creative. It is organised in four parts:

      • Why creativity now? offers much-needed alternatives to both the Romantic stereotype of the creator as individual genius and the tendency of the modern creative industries to treat everything as a commodity
      • defining creativity, creating definitions traces the changing meaning of ''create'' from religious ideas of divine creation from nothing to advertising notions of concept creation. It also examines the complex history and extraordinary versatility of terms such as imagination, invention, inspiration and originality
      • dreation as myth, story, metaphor begins with modern re-tellings of early Africa

        Trade Review

        'This varied and provocative book takes a multi-lensed instrument to the many historical and theoretical facets of creativity. Pope's scope is immense, his method discursive.'Writing in Education

        'For an author to achieve the rigour and practical applicability of a text-book as well as the academic and depth-informed qualities of a monograph, while creating at the same time ample room for discursive and associative play, is no mean feat - but this is Pope's ongoing signature and para phase'Writing in Education

        'This is a valuable book that ought to be read by anyone in the humanities working on notions of the creative ... The book will provide valuable service to numerous readers as an intellectual workout on the diversity of its field.' –British Association for Romantic Studies



        Table of Contents
        Acknowledgements, . . . before the beginning, PART 1 Why creativity now?, PART 2 Defining creativity, creating definitions, PART 3 Creation as myth, story, metaphor, PART 4 Creative practices, cultural processes: a critical anthology, after the end . . ., Further reading by topic, Bibliography, Index

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