The Program Era
Author | : Mark McGurl |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2009-08-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780674054240 |
ISBN-13 | : 0674054245 |
Rating | : 4/5 (245 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Program Era by : Mark McGurl
Download or read book The Program Era written by Mark McGurl and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-08-30 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Program Era, Mark McGurl offers a fundamental reinterpretation of postwar American fiction, asserting that it can be properly understood only in relation to the rise of mass higher education and the creative writing program. An engaging and stylishly written examination of an era we thought we knew, The Program Era will be at the center of debates about postwar literature and culture for years to come.