Mark McGurl
Encyclopedia
Mark McGurl is an American
literary critic specializing in 20th century American literature
. He is currently a Professor of English at Stanford University
.
and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Johns Hopkins University
. He has also worked as a journalist for The New York Times
and The New York Review of Books
. In 2011, McGurl received the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
for The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
literary critic specializing in 20th century American literature
American literature
American literature is the written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and its preceding colonies. For more specific discussions of poetry and theater, see Poetry of the United States and Theater in the United States. During its early history, America was a series of British...
. He is currently a Professor of English at Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.
Background
McGurl received his B.A. from Harvard UniversityHarvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University, commonly referred to as Johns Hopkins, JHU, or simply Hopkins, is a private research university based in Baltimore, Maryland, United States...
. He has also worked as a journalist for The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
and The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books is a fortnightly magazine with articles on literature, culture and current affairs. Published in New York City, it takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity...
. In 2011, McGurl received the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
The Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism is awarded for literary criticism by the University of Iowa on behalf of the Truman Capote Estate. The value of the award is $30,000 , and is said to be the largest annual cash prize for literary criticism in the English language...
for The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative Writing.
Books
- The Program Era: Postwar Fiction and the Rise of Creative WritingCreative writingCreative writing is considered to be any writing, fiction, poetry, or non-fiction, that goes outside the bounds of normal professional, journalistic, academic, and technical forms of literature. Works which fall into this category include novels, epics, short stories, and poems...
. (Harvard University PressHarvard University PressHarvard University Press is a publishing house established on January 13, 1913, as a division of Harvard University, and focused on academic publishing. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. It is a member of the Association of American University Presses. Its current director is William P...
, 2009).
- The Novel Art: Elevations of American Fiction after Henry JamesHenry JamesHenry James, OM was an American-born writer, regarded as one of the key figures of 19th-century literary realism. He was the son of Henry James, Sr., a clergyman, and the brother of philosopher and psychologist William James and diarist Alice James....
. (Princeton University PressPrinceton University Press-Further reading:* "". Artforum International, 2005.-External links:* * * * *...
, 2001).
Articles and essays
- "Ordinary Doom: Literary Studies in the Waste Land of the Present,"New Literary HistoryNew Literary HistoryNew Literary History: A Journal of Theory & Interpretation is an academic journal founded at the University of Virginia where it is still edited, and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. New Literary History focuses on the history and theory of literature, and key questions of interpretation...
," Fall 2010. - "A Response to Elif Batuman's Review of The Program Era in the London Review of Books." Official Website: The Program Era Reviews, October 1/October 10, 2010.
- "The Zombie Renaissance," n+1N+1n+1 is a New York–based American literary magazine that publishes social criticism, political commentary, essays, art, poetry, book reviews, and short fiction. It is published three times each year, and content is published on several times each week...
no.9 spring 2010. - "Understanding Iowa: Flannery O'Connor B.A., M.F.A." American Literary HistoryAmerican Literary HistoryAmerican Literary History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press that covers all periods of American literature. It was founded in 1989 and is edited by Gordon Hutner.-References:* at JSTOR...
, Summer 2007. - "Learning from Little Tree: The Political Education of the Counterculture" Yale Journal of CriticismYale Journal of CriticismThe Yale Journal of Criticism was an academic journal published by the Johns Hopkins University Press which covered all humanities disciplines. It was named best new journal by the Conference of Editors of Learned Journals in 1989 and ceased publication in 2005.-External links:* at Project MUSE...
, Fall 2005. - "The Program Era: Pluralisms of Postwar American Fiction." Critical InquiryCritical InquiryCritical Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the humanities published by the University of Chicago Press. It is considered a leading journal within literary studies, and particularly in the field of critical theory....
, Fall 2005. - "Social Geometries: Taking Place in Henry James" RepresentationsRepresentationsRepresentations is an interdisciplinary journal in the humanities published quarterly by the University of California Press. The journals was established in 1983 and is the founding publication of the New Historicism movement of the 1980s. It covers topics including literary, historical, and...
68, Autumn 1999, 59-83. - "Making 'Literature' of It:Hammett and High Culture." American Literary HistoryAmerican Literary HistoryAmerican Literary History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Oxford University Press that covers all periods of American literature. It was founded in 1989 and is edited by Gordon Hutner.-References:* at JSTOR...
, 9.4, Winter 1997, 702-717. - "Making It Big: Picturing the Radio Age in King Kong." Critical InquiryCritical InquiryCritical Inquiry is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the humanities published by the University of Chicago Press. It is considered a leading journal within literary studies, and particularly in the field of critical theory....
, Spring 1996.