Introduction: Literary Rebels: A History of Creative Writers in Anglo-American Universities

The introduction gives an overview of the growth of creative writing programmes in Anglo-American universities, which has accelerated in the past three decades. It summarizes recent scholarship on the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and other programmes that emerged in the mid-twentieth century in the United...

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Main Author:	Lise Jaillant
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Published:	2022
Subjects:	creative writing
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/14779065.v1
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spelling	rr-article-147790652022-10-20T00:00:00Z Introduction: Literary Rebels: A History of Creative Writers in Anglo-American Universities Lise Jaillant (1384974) creative writing <p>The introduction gives an overview of the growth of creative writing programmes in Anglo-American universities, which has accelerated in the past three decades. It summarizes recent scholarship on the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and other programmes that emerged in the mid-twentieth century in the United States. It points out the main gaps in this scholarship: (1) the history of creative writing programmes in Britain has been largely neglected; and (2) the approach has been mostly literary-sociological and many rich archives have been entirely overlooked. The opening of new archival collections in Texas also sheds new light on the history of creative writing programmes in Britain.</p> 2022-10-20T00:00:00Z Text Chapter 2134/14779065.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/chapter/Introduction_Literary_Rebels_A_History_of_Creative_Writers_in_Anglo-American_Universities/14779065 All Rights Reserved
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Introduction: Literary Rebels: A History of Creative Writers in Anglo-American Universities

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