The humanities "crisis" and the future of literary studies /Paul Jay.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, (c)2016.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 210 pages)Content type:
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  • AZ182 .H863 2016
  • AZ182
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Contents:
Professionalism and Its Discontents -- Humanism, the Humanities, and Political Correctness -- Getting to the Core of the Humanities, or Who's Afraid of Gloria Anzaldúa? -- Aesthetics, Close Reading, Theory, and the Future of Literary Studies -- Conclusion: The Humanities and the Public Sphere in the Age of the Internet.
Subject: "Demonstrating that the supposed drawbacks of the humanities are in fact their source of practical value, Jay explores current debates about the role of the humanities in higher education, puts them in historical context, and offers humanists and their supporters concrete ways to explain the practical value of a contemporary humanities education."--Provided by publisher.
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"Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2014."

Includes bibliographies and index.

"Demonstrating that the supposed drawbacks of the humanities are in fact their source of practical value, Jay explores current debates about the role of the humanities in higher education, puts them in historical context, and offers humanists and their supporters concrete ways to explain the practical value of a contemporary humanities education."--Provided by publisher.

The Humanities Crisis Then and Now -- Professionalism and Its Discontents -- Humanism, the Humanities, and Political Correctness -- Getting to the Core of the Humanities, or Who's Afraid of Gloria Anzaldúa? -- Aesthetics, Close Reading, Theory, and the Future of Literary Studies -- Conclusion: The Humanities and the Public Sphere in the Age of the Internet.

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