The Condition of English: Literary Studies in a Changing Culture

by Avrom Fleishman

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313306788
• ISBN13: 9780313306785
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"