A Taste for Language Literacy, Class, and English Studies - Watkins, James Ray (Southern Illinois University Press, 2009)
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Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. My Father's Education; 2. English Studies, Rhetoric, and Writing; 3. Literary Studies and the Amateur's "Wow!"; 4. Ethos, Avocation, and the Liberal Arts; 5. English Studies in an Age of Reform; Notes; Works Cited; Index; Author Bio; Series Titles; Back Cover
"This is a book about the American Dream as it has become embodied in the university in general and in the English department in particular," writes James Ray Watkins at the start of A Taste for Language: Literacy, Class, and English Studies. In it, Watkins argues that contemporary economic and political challenges require a clear understanding of the identity of English studies, making elementary questions about literacy, language, literature, education, and class once again imperative. A personal history of university-level English studies in the twentieth century, A Taste for Language c
Includes bibliographical references and index