Canons and Contexts

by Paul Lauter

Book Overview

This collection of essays places issues central to literary study, particularly the question of the canon, in the context of institutional practices in American colleges and universities. Lauter addresses such crucial concerns as what students should read and study, how standards of "quality" are defined and changed, the limits of theoretical discourse, and the ways race, gender, and class shape not only teaching, curricula, and research priorities,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195068327
• ISBN13: 9780195068320
• Release Date: March 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"