A Taste for Language: Literacy, Class, and English Studies

by James Ray Watkins

"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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080932931X
• ISBN13: 9780809329311
• Release Date: November 2009
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.4"