Machine derived contents note: List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Poe's magazine -- 2. The land of definition -- 3. Edith Wharton: the muse's strategy -- 4. Handbooks and workshops: a brief history of the creative writing 'revolution' -- 5. Back home again: Bobbie Ann Mason's 'Shiloh' -- Postscript: Iowa city -- Notes -- Index
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-158) and index