A Taste for Language : Literacy, Class, and English Studies / James Ray Watkins Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Watkins, James Ray, 1958-

Series:

Studies in writing & rhetoric.

CCCC studies in writing & rhetoric

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.

English language.

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

English philology.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2009]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is a book about the American Dream as it has become embodied in the university in general and in the English department in particular," writes James Ray Watkins at the start of A Taste for Language: Literacy, Class, and English Studies. In it, Watkins argues that contemporary economic and political challenges require a clear understanding of the identity of English studies, making elementary questions about literacy, language, literature, education, and class once again imperative. A personal history of university-level English studies in the twentieth century, A Taste for Language c

Contents:

Introduction: written English, English studies, and the analysis of class

My father's education

English studies, rhetoric, and writing

Literary studies and the amateur's "wow!"

Ethos, avocation, and the liberal arts

English studies in an age of reform.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8093-9097-3

OCLC:

905984540