Professing Literature An Institutional History, Twentieth Anniversary Edition by

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Professing Literature An Institutional History, Twentieth Anniversary Edition by Gerald Graff Attempts to unearth the ideas and debates that created the literature department as we know it. This book shows that various conflicts of our culture wars echo and recycle controversies over how literature should be taught. It also presents a history of literary pedagogy and a critical classic. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Widely considered the standard history of the profession of literary studies, Professing Literature unearths the long-forgotten ideas and debates that created the literature department as we know it today. In a readable and often-amusing narrative, Gerald Graff shows that the heated conflicts of our recent culture wars echo—and often recycle—controversies over how literature should be taught that began more than a century ago. Updated with a new preface by the author that addresses many of the provocative arguments raised by its initial publication, Professing Literature remains an essential history of literary pedagogy and a critical classic."Graffs history. . . is a pathbreaking investigation showing how our institutions shape literary thought and proposing how they might be changed."— The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism Author Biography Gerald Graff is professor of English and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago and will be the president of the Modern Language Association in 2008. Table of Contents Preface Twenty Years Later Acknowledgements 1 Introduction: Humanist Myth LITERATURE IN THE OLD COLLEGE: 1828-1876 2 The Classical College 3 Oratorical Culture and the Teaching of English 4 The Investigators (1): The New University 5 The Investigators (2): The Origins of Literature Departments 6 The Generalist Opposition 7 Crisis at the Outset: 1890-1915 SCHOLARS VERSUS CRITICS:1915-1930 8 Scholars versus Critics: 1915-1930 9 Groping for a Principle of Order: 1930-1950 10 General Education and the Pedagogy of Criticism: 1930-1950 SCHOLARS VERSUS CRITICS: 1940-1965 11 History versus Criticism: 1940-1960 12 Modern Literature in the University: 1940-1960 13 The Promise of American Literature Studies 14 Rags to Riches to Routine PROBLEMS OF THEORY: 1965- 15 Tradition versus Theory Notes Index Review "Both E. D. Hirsch and Allan Bloom share...a nostalgia for a not very closely examined past in which things were better. Gerald Graffs Professing Literature is extremely important, partly because it tells us a good deal about the realities of this supposedly better time....Graffs book is more consequential than Blooms because it addresses the pedagogical questions and situates them in a fascinating narrative of how literature has actually been taught in this country for the past century and a half." - Robert Scholes, College English "Graffs history...is a pathbreaking investigation showing how our institutions shape literary thought and proposing how they might be changed." - The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism" Details ISBN0226305597 Author Gerald Graff Short Title PROFESSING LITERATU 20 ANNIV/E Language English Edition 20th ISBN-10 0226305597 ISBN-13 9780226305592 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2007 Imprint University of Chicago Press Subtitle An Institutional History Place of Publication Chicago, IL Country of Publication United States Residence IL, US Affiliation University of Illinois at Chicago Illustrations black & white illustrations DOI 10.1604/9780226305592 AU Release Date 2007-10-01 NZ Release Date 2007-10-01 US Release Date 2007-10-01 UK Release Date 2007-10-01 Pages 340 Publisher The University of Chicago Press Publication Date 2007-10-01 DEWEY 801.950973 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:161782373;

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