Why literary periods mattered: historical contrast and the prestige of english studies
Auteur :
Underwood, Ted
Éditeur :
Stanford University Press
ISBN :
9780804795265
Date de publication :
1 janv. 2015
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
340 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
This book explains how period survey courses became central to literary study in the nineteenth century, why they remained central in the twentieth, and why, in the digital age, they may now be giving ground to alternate models of literary history.