Studies in Contemporary American Literary Forms
FAIN: FS-10040-73
Amherst College (Amherst, MA 01002-2372)
Benjamin Demott (Project Director: April 1973 to present)
An effort of assessment of American literary performance, in the innovative genres, since 1945. Some attention will be paid to continuities with familiar native themes, and to achievement in traditional forms by such writers as Bellow, Updike, and Jarrell.