Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library Playhouses of Leaves and Snow Author(s): Olav H. Hauge and Robert Bly Source: Erato, No. 5/6 (Summer - Fall, 1987), p. 3 Published by: Harvard Review Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/27541238 Accessed: 16-07-2016 07:20 UTC Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use, available at http://about.jstor.org/terms
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given the professor's standards and the intricacy of Greek and English
verse forms. Also during this
period, two writer/scholars who
establish the foundation for future
alumnae recall?often verbatim?Al
fred's wise, aphoristic advice to aspiring dramatists, as well as been avoided by?English C will anecdotes of his experiences on published volumes. Occasionally, too, a student who has avoided?or
continue to teach at Harvard worked
glimpse an admired writer's name in Broadway. Monroe Engel, director
fiction writers: William Alfred in
summer's worth of stories, poems, or drama on a whim, and find his or her name on the class list the next
novel Statutes of Limitations, works
for all Harvard writing courses, but
and in 1988-89 will offer his course
with aspiring playwrights and his popular course "Playwriting," and Monroe Engel in English M, "Fiction and Narrative."
Although Harvard prides itself on the literary accomplishments of its
alumni, rarely has such an
the course catalogue, drop off a of creative writing at Harvard College, and author of several books, including the forthcoming
week. Needless to say, competition with fiction writers in English M,
particularly those taught by in the fiction of Hardy and
prominent or popular writers such as Lawrence. Each of these faculty members also advises both critical and creative theses while keeping up
impressive assemblage of teachers Lowell, Alfred, or Seamus Heaney, crossed paths in the Yard as during remains fierce.
this period. Yet the university
continues to improve the scope and quality of its writing instruction.
Heaney, the current BoyIston with his own writing: both Heaney
Professor, presides each spring over
In 1987-88, over fifty poets, workshop, while drawing standing
essayists, novelists, short story writers, journalists, and prac titioners of other genres will assess the critical and creative
of workshops begins under the
Olav H. Hauge
with a required course in Expository Writing. Students choose from such
PLAYHOUSES OF LEAVES AND SNOW
areas as Literature, The Writer1s Craft, History, Social and Ethical Issues, Theory and Practice of
Writing, and an intensive course in
style and grammar. Each area
operates under the supervision of a
preceptor who, along with the individual instructors, and
program director Richard Marius,
determine the format a