The Nineteenth-Century History of English Studies (The Nineteenth Century Series) - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1840142782 ISBN 13: 9781840142785

Verlag: Routledge, 1998

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Reseña del editor

This study collects together many of the original texts from the long-running debate which surrounded the rise of English as an academic subject. Most of the texts were ephemeral and have been long out of print, but they are essential to an understanding of how English studies developed. They show how English was influenced by pre-existing subjects like rhetoric and classics, and how it assumed different faces in different academic institutions. Each text is given an introduction which sets it in context and highlights themes. A general introduction to the book sketches the history of English studies in the nineteenth century. London was central to the early history, with University College, King’s College and Queen’s College all looming large. Oxford figured later in the century, and became the centre of a truly national debate over the future of the subject. Schools played a part, especially grammar schools catering for middle-class pupils who were commonly identified as the main market for English.

Biografía del autor

Alan Bacon, College of North-West London, UK

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1840142782
• ISBN 13: 9781840142785
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Sprache: Englisch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 336
• Herausgeber: Bacon Alan