About this title: Widely considered the standard history of the profession of literary studies, "Professing Literature" unearths the long-forgotten ideas and debates that created the literature department as we know it today. In a readable and often-amusing narrative, Gerald Graff shows that the heated conflicts of our recent culture wars echo - and often recycle - controversies over how literature should be taught that began more than a century ago. Updated with a new preface by the author that addresses many of the provocative arguments raised by its initial publication, "Professing Literature" remains an ...
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226306049ISBN:0226306046
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr (Tx)
Date Published: 1987
ISBN-13:9780226306032ISBN:0226306038
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780226306049ISBN:0226306046
Description: Good. {G+} Paperback. Underlining in the last two chapters of the text. Remaining of text is clean and unmarked. Book is in very good condition with no spine creases and very limited shelfwear. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press, United States
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780226306049ISBN:0226306046
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Edition: First Edition-6th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780226306049ISBN:0226306046
Description: Very Good. LITERARY CRITICISM. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. VII + 315 PAGES. Includes introduction, notes, & index. No highlighting beyond page 163. Minor edgewear & soiling to covers. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
ISBN-13:9780226306049ISBN:0226306046
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1989-02-15
ISBN-13:9780226306049ISBN:0226306046
Description: Very Good. Previous Owner's Signature on Inside Cover. Small Red x's and light marginalia on End Notes pages. Clean covers with clean and tight pages, volume is square: overall a very presentable copy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1989-02-15
ISBN-13:9780226306049ISBN:0226306046
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Date Published: 1989
ISBN-13:9780226306049ISBN:0226306046
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