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A delicate aggression : savagery and survival in the Iowa Writers' Workshop / David O. Dowling.

A delicate aggression : savagery and survival in the Io...

A delicate aggression : savagery and survival in the Iowa Writers' Workshop / David O. Dowling.

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A delicate aggression : savagery and survival in the Iowa Writers' Workshop / David O. Dowling.

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Full title

A delicate aggression : savagery and survival in the Iowa Writers' Workshop / David O. Dowling.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]

Call Numbers

G 2019/2432

Record Identifier

74VKVxpNlVgg

MMS ID

991024244716402626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xi, 420 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Introduction -- 1. The brilliant misfit : Flannery O'Connor -- 2. The star : W. D. Snodgrass -- 3. The suicide : Robert Shelley -- 4. The professional : R. V. Cassill -- 5. The guru : Marguerite Young -- 6. The turncoat : Robert Lowell -- 7. Mad poets : Dylan Thomas and John Berryman -- 8. Celebrity...

Publication information

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2019]

Place of Publication

Connecticut

Date Published

[2019]

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Scope and Contents

Summary

"As the world's preeminent creative writing program, the Iowa Writers' Workshop has produced an astonishing number of distinguished writers and poets since its establishment in 1936. Its alumni and faculty include twenty-eight Pulitzer Prize winners, six U.S. poet laureates, and numerous National Book Award winners. This volume follows the program...

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Full title

A delicate aggression : savagery and survival in the Iowa Writers' Workshop / David O. Dowling.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographic references and index.

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Date Copyright

©2019

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2019/2432

Record Identifier

74VKVxpNlVgg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVxpNlVgg

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ISBN

0300215843 hardcover

9780300215847 hardcover

DDC

808.042

MMS ID

991024244716402626

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