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The Condition of English Literary Studies in a Changing Culture
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Avrom Fleishman
Book Code: GM0678
ISBN: 0-313-30678-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30678-5
176 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 7/30/1998
List Price: $110.95 (UK Sterling Price: £65.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Series Title: Contributions to the Study of Education
Series Number: 72
Reviews:
  • [O]ffers a judicious, balanced assessment and concludes with a constructive suggestion.
    —Choice
  • Endorsement From Ronald Paulson
    Professor of English, Johns Hopkins University:     Fleishman's Condition of English is the most sensible and accessible account I have read of the current dilemmas of the English curriculum in the university.
Description: Now that the "political correctness" controversy has cooled, a time for sober reflection on the field of English has arrived. In this insightful overview of English, and of literary studies, Fleishman employs both historical perspective and pragmatic sense about choices for the future. His approach is to apply recent strategies of contextual understanding to English itself. What can a class analysis tell us about the influence on the profession of the changing American socioeconomic system? What are the likely intellectual and professional outcomes of the curricular embrace of minority literatures, neglected authors, and popular culture? Beyond stimulating self-evaluation by English educators, this study prepares readers outside the field to selectively encourage new curricular and methodological opportunities.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Establishing shot--Academics of the New Class
  • Tracking shot--Origins and Outcomes
  • Wide angle--The Condition of English
  • Close up--Educating a New York Jewish Radical
  • Montage sequence--An English Department
  • Open ending--Expanding English/Extending English
  • Appendix--Intellectuals and Intelligentsia
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 97-52295
LCC Class: PR51
Dewey Class: 801
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