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From: SendtoJMA at aol.com <SendtoJMA>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:07:15 EST
In a message dated 4/2/2002 11:13:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, horning at education.wisc.edu writes:
Wow, this is very intriguing. I guess I don't understand what there is to be alarmed about. I thought the significant distinction between fiction and nonfiction was whether the work was imagined or factual. If creative nonfiction is factual rather than imagined, why is the employment of narrative techniques something for purists to eye askance? Many traditional biographies read like ripping good yarns, after all. And if vivid writing is considered inappropriate for nonfiction, well... KT, can you explain what it is exactly that the "nonfiction purists" are concerned about?
Jennifer Armstrong
Received on Tue 02 Apr 2002 11:07:15 AM CST
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2002 12:07:15 EST
In a message dated 4/2/2002 11:13:44 AM Eastern Standard Time, horning at education.wisc.edu writes:
Wow, this is very intriguing. I guess I don't understand what there is to be alarmed about. I thought the significant distinction between fiction and nonfiction was whether the work was imagined or factual. If creative nonfiction is factual rather than imagined, why is the employment of narrative techniques something for purists to eye askance? Many traditional biographies read like ripping good yarns, after all. And if vivid writing is considered inappropriate for nonfiction, well... KT, can you explain what it is exactly that the "nonfiction purists" are concerned about?
Jennifer Armstrong
Received on Tue 02 Apr 2002 11:07:15 AM CST
