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Beauty and the Footnote: Universities and the Study of Literature

Lectures in Intellectual History

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Critiques of English Literary Scholarship and Academic Evolution

This chapter explores a journalist's literary critiques targeting English professors in the early 20th century, focusing on the perceived stagnation in literary scholarship and originality. It also examines the evolution of English literature as an academic field and the emerging status of English professors as public intellectuals.

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