Writing at the End of the World

by Richard E. Miller

Book Overview

What do the humanities have to offer in the twenty-first century? Are there compelling reasons to go on teaching the literate arts when the schools themselves have become battlefields? Does it make sense to go on writing when the world itself is overrun with books that no one reads? In these simultaneously personal and erudite reflections on the future of higher education, Richard E. Miller moves from the headlines to the classroom, focusing in on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822958864
• ISBN13: 9780822958864
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.2"