Humanities and Everyday Life - The Literary Agenda

Michael Levenson considers how the humanities exist beyond the walls of universities and take place in daily life- in book clubs, public libraries, museums, and historical re-enactments. He poses questions about amateurs versus professionals, what constitutes expertise, and the recent backlash against political elites.

Sommario

• Introduction


• 1: The Humanities at Large


• 2: Departments, Disciplines


• 3: Experts and Expertise


• 4: The Humanities in Time


• 5: Places to Think in: Library, Museum, Seminar


• Conclusion

Info autore

Michael Levenson is William B. Christian Professor of English at the University of Virginia and author of A Genealogy of Modernism (Cambridge University Press, 1984), Modernism and the Fate of Individuality (Cambridge University Press, 1990), The Spectacle of Intimacy (co-authored with K. Chase, Princeton University Press, 2000), and Modernism (Yale University Press, 2011); and editor of the Cambridge Companion to Modernism (2000, 2nd edition 2011). Professor Levenson has published essays in such journals as ELH, Novel, Modernism / Modernity, The New Republic, Wilson Quarterly, and Raritan. He has been chair of the English Department at the University of Virginia and is the founding director of the Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures. His teaching has ranged through literary history from the eighteenth century to the present, and more recently toward global cultural studies.

Riassunto

Michael Levenson considers how the humanities exist beyond the walls of universities and take place in daily life- in book clubs, public libraries, museums, and historical re-enactments. He poses questions about amateurs versus professionals, what constitutes expertise, and the recent backlash against political elites.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Michael Levenson, Michael (William B. Christian Professor Levenson, Michael (William B. Christian Professor of English Levenson
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2017
• EAN: 9780198808299
• ISBN: 978-0-19-880829-9
• Pagine: 192
• Serie: The Literary Agenda; The Literary Agenda
• Categorie: Narrativa > Poesia lirica, drammatica; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; History of Ideas, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events, Literary studies: general, Adult education, continuous learning