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With this in mind, british women short story writers. Northcote house, 2004 and writing short stories routledge, 2005. The short story edited by ailsa cox university of glasgow. Whether youre writing as part of a course, in a workshop group or at home alone. Other readers will always be interested in your opinion of the books youve read. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Writing in general and short story in particular informal textbook rust hills pdf 10 months ago. She is also the editor of the short story cambridge scholars, and of the journal short fiction in theory and practice intellect press. Ailsa cox is reader in english and writing at edge hill university, lancashire, uk.
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However, throughout these three waves of critical discussion there still remains a paucity of scholarship that interrogates the literary tradition of british womens short story writing. Her stories have appeared in the virago book of love and loss, metropolitan magazine and london magazine, among other places. This book offers a practical guide to the short story in the classroom, covering all these fields and more. Writing short stories ailsa cox ebok 97817354833 adlibris. Cox, 9780230573703, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Wr10520 writing short stories semester one 20192020. Shes currently based in liverpool, and is professor of short fiction at edge hill university, where she runs the ma creative writing. Ailsa cox, a published short story writer, guides the reader through the key aspects of the craft, provides a variety of case studies and. Stories by ailsa cox have been published in the london magazine, katherine mansfield studies, rainy city stories and other outlets. Writing short stories isbn 9780415303866 pdf epub ailsa.
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