Professing Literature: An Institutional History by Gerald Graff

Professing Literature: An Institutional History

Gerald Graff

324 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

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Professing Literature: An Institutional History by Gerald Graff is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the evolution of literary studies, the history of education, and the ongoing debates about how we teach and understand literature, making it a perfect fit for scholars, educators, and book lovers who crave a deeper understanding of the complex and often contentious world of literary pedagogy.

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Widely considered the standard history of the profession of literary studies, Professing Literature unearths the long-forgotten ideas and debates that created the literature department as we know it today. In a readable and often-amusing narrativ...

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