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" Professing literature : "
Gerald Graff.
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BL
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970006
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b724376
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| Main Entry
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Graff, Gerald,1937-
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Professing literature : : an institutional history /\ Gerald Graff.
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Twentieth anniversary ed.
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Chicago :: University of Chicago Press,, 2007.
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xxiii, 315 pages ;; 23 cm
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0226305252
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: 9780226305257
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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.
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Literature-- Study and teaching (Higher)-- United States-- History.
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Criticism.
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Literature-- Study and teaching (Higher)
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United States.
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PN70.G7 2007
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