The condition of English : literary studies in a changing culture / Avrom Fleishman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fleishman, Avrom.

Series:

Contributions to the study of education 0196-707X ; no. 72.

Contributions to the study of education, 0196-707X ; no. 72

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

English literature.

American literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

American literature.

Literature and society--United States--History--20th century.

Literature and society.

Language and culture.

History.

American literature--Study and teaching (Higher).

English literature--Study and teaching (Higher).

United States.

Language and culture--United States--History--20th century.

Criticism--United States--History--20th century.

Criticism.

United States--Intellectual life--20th century.

Intellectual life.

Canon (Literature).

Physical Description:

xiv, 155 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 1998.

Summary:

Now that the "political correctness" controversy has cooled, a time for sober reflection on the field of English has arrived. This insightful book examines the costs and benefits in the field's internal workings and public functionings.

Contents:

1 Establishing Shot: Academics of the New Class 1

2 Tracking Shot: Origins and Outcomes 25

3 Wide Angle: The Condition of English 57

4 Close-Up: Educating a New York Jewish Radical 73

5 Montage Sequence: An English Department 95

6 Open Ending: Expanding English/Extending English 119

Appendix Intellectuals and Intelligentsia 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [149]-151) and index.

ISBN:

0313306788

OCLC:

38147855