Democracy's Children Intellectuals and the Rise of Cultural Politics - McGowan, John, 1953-; Project Muse. (Cornell University Press, 2002)
Machine generated contents note: Preface, vii -- Introduction: Literary Intellectuals in -- and for a Democratic Society, -- I. CLIMBING THE WALLS: THE INTELLECTUAL AS ACADEMIC -- I. At the 1986 MLA Convention, 31 -- 2. Teaching Literature: Where, How, and Why, 49 -- 3. An ABCs of Post-Theoretical Style, 74 -- 4. Humanists, Cultural Authority, and the University, 114 -- II. ROADS TO THE PRESENT, PATHS TO A FUTURE -- 5. Modernity and Culture: -- The Victorians and Cultural Studies, 141 -- 6. The Narrative of Culture: A Burkean Perspective, 165 -- 7. Toward a Pragmatist Pluralism, 201 -- References, 231 -- Index, 239.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-237) and index.
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Keywords: Intellectual life -- History -- 20th century; College teaching -- United States; Criticism -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century; Criticism -- History -- 20th century; Electronic books