Professing Literature
An Institutional History
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9014145 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jeffrey C Robinson (University of Colorado, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 701-704 |
| Publication date | 1988-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Higher Education (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-1546 • E-ISSN: 1538-4640 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00221546.1988.11780236 |
| OpenAlex | W2325294215 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 1 |
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 essential history of literary pedagogy and a critical classic
Aesthetics · Art · History of literature · Literary criticism · Literature · Narrative · Sociology · American and British Literature Analysis · Classics · Cultural Studies and Interdisciplinary Research · Giambattista Vico and Joyce · History · Philosophy
| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,22 |
| Citation span | 1994 - 2020 (27) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |