Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 808.02
EAN num: 9780130420992
ISBN number: 0130420999
Label: Prentice Hall
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 468
Printing Date: June 19, 2002
Publishing house: Prentice Hall
Sale Popularity Level: 115177
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A text that has been around since the late 1960's through seven editions certainly has more durability than most. I've been using Three Genres in beginning creative writing classes, both on-campus and online, since the fourth edition, and I have yet to see a better text for the course. Minot's balance of traditional and newer approaches together with his lists of pitfalls for beginning writers may not appeal to all instructors, especially those with a less eclectic agenda than his, but a great many students over the years have appreciated his approach.
One older student of mine, already a several-times-published author taking the class to get his batteries recharged, said in his journal that he had for years read every book about writing that he could get his hands on but that Minot's was the very first one he'd seen that put the whole subject together for him. In anonymous course evaluations, my students have consistently rated the text above average or excellent.
I'm currently using Minot's as a required text while recommending collateral readings in Strunk's The Elements of Style (now available online via Bartleby) and Stephen King's On Writing, which presents the subject from the less academic, more popular point of view.
No textbook will appeal to every instructor, but I would urge anyone teaching creative writing to give Three Genres a close look before making a decision.
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I find that this text provides a better discusion of poetry than Janet Burroway's recent creative writing book, though her text is stronger in its discusion of fiction. While I don't agree with everything Minot says about writing (he can be too simplistic and authoritative in ways that could limit writers' expression and experimentation), and I don't like his selection of poems or stories very much, I use his book as simply one more resource for students. He offers another voice besides my own, and the class can dispute or agree with his comments if we so desire. The poetry chapters I've found most helpful are "Images," "The Sound of Words," and "Traditional Rhythms." I've also used parts of his fiction discussion. I supplement the book with many handouts (mostly poems) and some excerpts from Steve Kowit's In the Palm of Your Hand and Dorianne Laux/Kim Addonizio's The Poet's Companion. I use Burroway's text primarily for the fiction unit, and I also use parts of Jerome Stern's Making Shapely Fiction.
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Three Genres is an excellent resource for beginning to intermediate creative writing students. It gives them the terminology they need to discuss written works and also includes many excellent examples in each genre. The book also includes some writing exercises, but the book is more of a scholarly resource. I've used it in my creative writing classes at the college level, and I haven't had the problems that other users describe regarding the "Don't do" lists. I rather like those. They help students avoid some of the pitfalls of beginning writers.
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This book is very limited in its helpfulness. The title is very misleading, because Minot only knows what he's talking about in one of them. He should not even have attempted to touch drama. I wonder if he's ever even seen a play, as his attempts to instruct are completely off. Minot also focuses heavily on "don't do" lists rather than the instruction of helpful insight. In three words: the book blows.
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