At War with the Word: Literary Theory and Liberal EducationISI Books, 1999 - 199 pagine "Now, literary critic R. V. Young surveys the dominant trends in literary theory of the past thirty years and concludes that the result has been a corruption of the teaching of literature, which is an essential part of a liberal education."--BOOK JACKET. "Young views the current controversy as an essentially spiritual conflict that has profound political implications."--BOOK JACKET. |
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