The Formation of College English: Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the British Cultural Provinces

by Thomas P. Miller

Book Overview

In the middle of the eighteenth century, English literature, composition, and rhetoric were introduced almost simultaneously into colleges throughout the British cultural provinces. Professorships of rhetoric and belles lettres were established just as print was reaching a growing reading public and efforts were being made to standardize educated taste and usage. The provinces saw English studies as a means to upward social mobility through cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822956233
• ISBN13: 9780822956235
• Release Date: February 1997
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"