عنوان

Professing literature :

(Number (ISBN

0226305252

(Number (ISBN

9780226305257

Number

b724376

Title Proper

Professing literature :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

an institutional history /

First Statement of Responsibility

Gerald Graff.

Edition Statement

Twentieth anniversary ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Chicago :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Chicago Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2007.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

xxiii, 315 pages ;

Dimensions

23 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

1. Introduction : the humanist myth -- [Pt. 1]. Literature in the old college, 1828-1876 -- 2. The classical college -- 3. Oratorical culture and the teaching of English -- [Pt. 2]. The early professional era, 1875-1915 -- 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 -- [Pt. 3]. Scholars versus critics, 1915-1950 -- 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 -- [Pt. 4]. 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 -- [Pt. 5]. Problems of theory, 1965- -- 15. Tradition versus theory.

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Criticism-- United States-- History.

Literature-- Study and teaching (Higher)-- United States-- History.

Criticism.

Literature-- Study and teaching (Higher)

United States.

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Class number

Book number

Graff, Gerald,1937-

Date of Transaction

20201209212202.0

Electronic name

[Book]

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