Literary Culture in a World Transformed

by William Paulson

Literary studies are in danger of being left behind in the twenty-first century. Print culture risks becoming a thing of the past in the multimedia age; meanwhile, human life and society are undergoing rapid changes as a result of new technologies, the intensification of global capitalism, and the effects of human actions on the environment.In this transformed world, William Paulson argues for a radical renewal of literary studies. Modern literary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801439140
• ISBN13: 9780801439148
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher