{"product_id":"origins-literary-studies-america-documentary-anthology-warner-graff-0415900255","title":"The Origins of Literary Studies in America by Gerald Graff","description":"\u003ch3\u003eBook Data:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBook Title:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Origins of Literary Studies in America: A Documentary Anthology | \u003cstrong\u003eEditors:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gerald Graff \u0026amp; Michael Warner |\u003cstrong\u003e ISBN-13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780415900256 | \u003cstrong\u003eISBN-10: \u003c\/strong\u003e0415900255 | \u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback | \u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Routledge | \u003cstrong\u003eEdition:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 | \u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1988-12-22\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eBook Description:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1988, \u003cem\u003eThe Origins of Literary Studies in America\u003c\/em\u003e brings together for the first time hard-to-find speeches, reports, and other writings by the founders of literary studies in the United States: \u003cstrong\u003eBliss Perry, Woodrow Wilson, Irving Babbitt, M. Carey Thomas, and many other scholars \u003c\/strong\u003ebetween 1874 and 1937.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe selections—on teaching, the MLA, and the goals of the discipline—are readable, accessible, often charming and amusing; what is most striking about them, however, is their resemblance to the debates over the crisis of American higher education. \u003cstrong\u003eGerald Graff and Michael Warner \u003c\/strong\u003eargue against the “myth of consensus”—a naive belief that the academic humanities until quite recently enjoyed a coherent agreement on their goals—popularized by such critical voices as \u003cstrong\u003eSecretary of Education William Bennett, E.D. Hirsch, and Allan Bloom.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis remarkable anthology is a valuable corrective to \u003cstrong\u003etwentieth century popular views of educational history\u003c\/strong\u003e and a work that broadens our understanding of professionalism within the academy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eContributors:\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGerald Graff \u003c\/strong\u003eis a professor of English and education at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is the author of several books including \u003cem\u003eProfessing Literature: An Institutional History\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Culture Wars: How Teaching the Conflicts Can Revitalize American Education\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eClueless in Academe: How Schooling Obscures the Life of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMichael David Warner\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American literary critic, social theorist, and Seymour H. Knox Professor of English Literature and American Studies at Yale University. He also writes for Artforum, The Nation, The Advocate, and The Village Voice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bust-Down Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50408395440443,"sku":"0415900255","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/2077\/7531\/files\/9780415900256.jpg?v=1753954870","url":"https:\/\/bustdownbooks.com\/products\/origins-literary-studies-america-documentary-anthology-warner-graff-0415900255","provider":"Bust-Down Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}