Origins of American Literature Studies - An Institutional History

Klappentext An original investigation into the history and development of American literature as an academic discipline. Zusammenfassung Elizabeth Renker uncovers the complex historical process through which American literature overcame its image of inferiority to become an important academic field. Renker's revisionary analysis is an important contribution to the intellectual history of the United States and will be of interest to anyone studying! teaching or researching American literature. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The birth of the PhD: the Johns Hopkins research model; 2. Seminary wars: female teachers and the seminary model at Mount Holyoke; 3. Higher education for African-Americans: competing models at Wilberforce University; 4. Literary value and the land-grant model: the Ohio State University; Conclusion. The end of the curriculum; Works cited; Archives consulted; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Renker, Elizabeth (Professor Renker
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.10.2007
• EAN: 9780521883450
• ISBN: 978-0-521-88345-0
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Cambridge Studies in American
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies