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\"Innovation-Renovation<\/a>September 22-25, 1981<\/p>\n

with Thomas Bontly, Walter Abish, Malcolm Bradbury, Michael DeGuy, Samuel Delany, Raymond Federman, Didier Coste, Ann Douglas, Berndt Ostendorf, Helen Fehervary, Kathleen Woodward, Rachel Skalitzky, Betsy Draine, R\u00fcdiger Kunow, Paul Levine, Malcolm Bradbury, Richard Martin, Klaus Poenicke, Campbell Tatham, Heide Ziegler, Gerhard Hoffman, Bernard Bergonzi, Iwao Iwamato, Jerome Klinkowitz, Marie-Rose Logan, Manfred P\u00fctz, Wayne Booth, Ihab Hassan, and Christopher Butler<\/em><\/p>\n

September 22<\/strong><\/p>\n

Reading: Thomas Bontly, Walter Abish, Malcolm Bradbury, Michel Deguy, Samuel Delany, and Raymond Federman<\/p>\n

September 23<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sessions on “Culture and Feminism”
\nDidier Coste, Jane Gallop, and Jane Bowers<\/p>\n

\"Innovation-Renovation<\/a>
Conference Program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Feminist Workshop: Rachel Skalitzky, Herbert Blau, Betsy Draine, R\u00fcdiger Kuno, Paul Levine, Ishrat Lindblad, and Mary Lydon<\/p>\n

September 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

Panel: “Innovation and the Individual Talent”
\nMalcolm Bradbury, Richard Martin, Kalus Poenicke, Campbell Tatham, and Heide Ziegler<\/p>\n

Panel: “International Trends in Contemporary Literature: A Comparative Perspective”
\nGerhard Hoffmann, Bernard Bergonzi, Iwao Iwamoto, Jerome Klinkowitz, Marie-Rose Logan, and Manfred P\u00fctz<\/p>\n

Wayne Booth: “No More darwins, With a Small d”<\/p>\n

Panel: “International Trends in Contemporary Literature: The Writer’s Perspective”
\nIhab Hassan, Walter Abish, Michel Deguy, Samuel Delany, Raymond Federman, and Christopher Butler<\/p>\n

September 25<\/strong><\/p>\n

Evaluation Session<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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