Work Time: English Departments and the Circulation of Cultural Value

by Evan Watkins

Book Overview

This book shares with a number of recent studies an interest in the historical development of English in the United States, in how it became a central discipline in the humanities, and in what the ideological affiliations of literature and literary study might be. It is strikingly original, however, in that instead of focusing on the subject matter of English (e.g., the canon or critical positions), as most recent studies, it examines precisely how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804720150
• ISBN13: 9780804720151
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"