Professing Literature
Author | : Gerald Graff |
Publisher | : Chicago : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 1987 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015038906254 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Professing Literature by : Gerald Graff
Download or read book Professing Literature written by Gerald Graff and published by Chicago : University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A paper reprint of the 1987 original in which Graff (humanities and Egnlish, Northwestern University) traces the history of the rise and development of academic literary studies in teh US. A detailed account of the forgotten and infamous figures and the frustrations and accomplishments that have shaped American English departments, the book is also a study in literary theory. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR