Textual Power: Literary Theory and the Teaching of English

by Robert Scholes

Book Overview

"Robert Scholes has written an enviable book on the uses and abuses of literary theory in the teaching of literature. One of [his] most forceful points...is that 'literary theory' is not something a teacher may either 'use' or not use, for teaching itself is an unavoidably theoretical activity."-Gerald Graff, Novel "Scholes' emphasis in Textual Power is indicated by the book's subtitle. After a provocative analysis of disciplinary values and departmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300037260
• ISBN13: 9780300037265
• Release Date: September 1986
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.2"