"Creativity in Language and Literature is a provocative and valuable book. Its breadth of topics, variety of approaches, and self-consciously creative and dialogic nature are especially appropriate and creative ways of approaching the subject of creativity. The scope, variety and original content of this book make it a unique contribution to the field" - Professor David L. Hoover, New York University, USAThis unique resource brings together contributions from creative practitioners and academic researchers working across different disciplines. Researchers, literary authors, editors, performers and film makers reflect on their work and collectively explore the art of creativity in language and literature.Creativity in Language and Literature covers a range of texts, genres and practices, such as poetry, hip hop, film, story telling, web chat and pen-friend correspondence. Each part of the book begins with an introduction and the final part includes critical responses to the idea of linguistic creativity, encouraging ongoing dialogue and debate. This richly diverse collection is an ideal text for students and practitioners working at all levels.With contributions by Patience Agbabi, Daniel Allington, R. Amritavalli, Richard D. Brown, Lynne Cameron, Ronald Carter, Guy Cook, Jon Cook, Ruth Finnegan, Angela Goddard, Ben Haggarty, Graeme Harper, G. D. Jayalakshmi, Angel Lin, Janet Maybin, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Kate Pahl, Mario Petrucci, Rob Pope, Elena Semino, Fiona Sampson, Jane Spiro, Peter Stockwell, Joan Swann, S. Upendran and Michelene Wandor.

Prologue General Introduction PART I: CREATIVITIES:TEXTSIN CONTEXT, GENRES IN PRACTICE Editors' Introduction to Part I Give Me (Deep Intake of Breath) Inspiration; P.Agbabi 'Can't We Ever, My Love, Speak in the Same Language?': Everyday Language and CreativeTension in the Poetry of Louis MacNeice;R.D.Brown Bilingual Verbal Art of Fama: Linguistic Hybridity and Creativity of a Hong Kong Hip Hop Group; A.Lin Metaphor in Prosaic and Poetic Creativity; L.Cameron Metaphor, Creativity and the Experience of PainAcross Genres;E.Semino Word Play across Languages and Cultures: Interview between G.D.Jayalakshmi, S.Upendran & R.Amritavalli PART II:CREATIVITYACROSS MODES, MEDIAAND TECHNOLOGIES Editors' Introduction to Part II Chains of Transformation: The Making of Heavy Water, a Film for Chernobyl; M.Petrucci Intimate Strangers:Dialogue and Creativityin Penfriend Correspondence; J.Maybin Creativity, Materiality and Representation in New Communication Technologies; A.Goddard Improvisations and Transformations Across Modes: The Case of a Classroom Multimodal Box Project; K.Pahl Hybridity in the Mind and on the Page: Genre, Words, Music and Narrative; M.Wandor Mature Poet Steals:Sonnet as Problem PageNew; P.Agbabi Stories in Performance; B.Haggarty PART III: CREATIVE INTERPRETATIONS: AUDIENCE RESPONSES,READINGAND RE-WRITING Editors' Introduction to Part III The First Three Minutes: Seducing the Audience in 'Arranged Marriage'; G.D.Jayalakshmi Authenticity and Creativity in Reading Lamentation; P.Stockwell How Reading Groups Talk about Books: A Study of Literary Reception; J.Swann Reader Response and the Formulation of Literary Judgement; J.Spiro Practical Measures: Poet as Editor; F.Sampson Re-Writingthe Critical-Creative Continuum: '10x...'; R.Pope Reading a Hindi Poem: Lost in Translation?; R.B.Nair An A-Z of Textual Re-Creation; R.Pope PART IV: OPEN QUESTIONS, ONGOING DEBATES Editors' Introduction to Part IV TheProduction of 'Creativity'; D.Allington In Defence of Genius; G.Cook Creative Writing: Habitat Homo Sapiens; G.Harper Three Reflections on Creativity and Writing; J.Cook Creativity Looks at Language; R.Finnegan Epilogue Creativity: Postscripts and Prospects; R.Carter.