The program era : postwar fiction and the rise of creative writing / Mark McGurl.
| Author/creator | McGurl, Mark, 1966- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2009. |
| Description | xiv, 466 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Table of contents only |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: halls of mirror -- Autobardolatry: modernist fiction, progressive education, "creative writing" -- Understanding Iowa: the religion of institutionalization -- The social construction of unreality: creative writing in the open system -- Our phonocentrism: finding the voice of the (minority) storyteller -- The hidden injuries of craft: mass higher education and lower-middle-class modernism -- Art and alma mater: the family, the nation, and the primal scene of instruction -- Miniature America: or, the program in transplanetary perspective -- Afterword: systematic excellence. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 411-455) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008050588 |
| ISBN | 9780674033191 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0674033191 (alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS379 .M344 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |