scholarship, authority, and the possession of literary knowledge, 1880-2002 /
Carol Atherton.
New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2005.
viii, 221 pages ;
23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-216) and index.
Histories of English : the critical background -- English in the universities -- Critics and professors -- Criticism and the Modernists : Woolf, Murry, Orage -- Methods and institutions : Eliot, Richards and Leavis -- Revising English : theory and practice.
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"The academic study of English literature has always been controversial. In this timely and ambitious volume, Carol Atherton examines these controversies by tracing a number of debates about the study of English, from its institutionalisation in the late nineteenth century to recent arguments about the reform of English A-level. Drawing on archival records from a range of universities, and on the work of critics such as Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot and F.R. Leavis, the author demonstrates that the struggle to define literary criticism is still ongoing - presenting readers with a challenging and original perspective on the nature of literary knowledge."--Jacket.
Criticism-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Criticism-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
English literature-- History and criticism-- Theory, etc.
English literature-- Study and teaching (Higher)-- Great Britain.
Critique-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 19e siècle.
Critique-- Grande-Bretagne-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.
Littérature anglaise-- Étude et enseignement (Supérieur)-- Grande-Bretagne.
Littérature anglaise-- Histoire et critique-- Théorie, etc.