Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 4
3. Foreword 7
4. Edinburgh World Writers’ Conference 2012–2013 13
5. Introduction 23
6. The Future Of The Novel
7. Introduction: Modernity And Machinery 28
8. Keynote: The Autonovelator 40
9. Discussion: The Protean Genre 47
10. Keynote: After The Novelist 50
11. Discussion: Twitter Storms 54
12. Keynote: Escape To The Big Time 60
13. Discussion: Enemies Of The Novel 66
14. Keynote: A New Age Of Fiction 72
15. Discussion: Reasons To Be Hopeful 80
16. Keynote: A Shred Of Objectivity 85
17. Discussion: Questions Of Ownership 88
18. Keynote: Egypt Rising 93
19. Should Literature Be Political?
20. Introduction: Nailing The Important Stuff 98
21. Keynote: The Great Narrative Of The World 104
22. Discussion: Politics On The Page 107
23. Keynote: Weapons Of Struggle 112
24. Discussion: Game-Changing Books 116
25. Keynote: The Power And The Story 120
26. Discussion: The Russian Dimension 124
27. Keynote: The Heart Of A Heartless World 128
28. Discussion: The Impotent Text 134
29. Keynote: Words As A Pledge 139
30. Discussion: On Ambiguity 144
31. Keynote: Big ‘P’ And Little ‘p’ 147
32. Discussion: When Is A Book Political? 151
33. Keynote: The State Fell, The Poem Ruled 155
34. Censorship Today
35. Introduction: Engines Of Silence 164
36. Keynote: Voices Of Unreason 170
37. Discussion: Speaking Freely 175
38. Keynote: The Censors Within 178
39. Discussion: Everything Is Permitted 183
40. Keynote: The Gatekeepers 187
41. Discussion: On Taking Offence 194
42. Keynote: A Death Penalty For Thought 197
43. Discussion: Sousveillers And Fifty-Centers 203
44. Keynote: The Whale On The Rock 206
45. A National Literature
46. Introduction: Marking Your Territory 214
47. Keynote: Negotiations Against Difference 222
48. Discussion: Brit Lit 228
49. Keynote: Allochthoon, Autochtoon 234
50. Discussion: Words Of War / Velibor Čolić 238
51. Keynote: Serve The Story 242
52. Discussion: Writers As Nation-Builders 248
53. Keynote: Writing Across Boundaries 252
54. Discussion: News From Elsewhere 256
55. Keynote: On The African Novel 260
56. Discussion: Lingua Franca 268
57. Keynote: Categorisation Is Reductive 272
58. Discussion: Above The Barriers 276
59. Keynote: Citizens Of The Cosmopolis 279
60. Style Versus Content
61. Introduction: Reading The Reader 284
62. Keynote: ‘Fight! Fight! Fight!’ 290
63. Discussion: Thought’s Clothing 298
64. Keynote: The Tao Of Writing 302
65. Discussion: Voice, Gait, Watermark … 308
66. Keynote: On Form 310
67. Discussion: You’ve Either Got, Or You Haven’t Got … 316
68. Keynote: The Feeling Of The World 319
69. Afterword / The New Publishing 325
70. Biographies Of Keynote Speakers 334
71. Index 342
72. Acknowledgements 351