The beginnings of university English : extramural study, 1885-1910
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The beginnings of university English : extramural study, 1885-1910
Palgrave Macmillan, 2014
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 174-185) and index
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Description
Drawing on previously unseen archival material, The Beginnings of University English explores the innovative and scholarly ways in which English literature was taught to extramural students in England during the fin de siecle, and sheds new light on the modern roots of tertiary-level English teaching.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Early Developments: English Literature as a Subject of Study from the Seventeenth Century to the Nineteenth 2. 'Barbarian war-cries on every side': John Churton Collins and the Dispute over University English Studies in the fin de siecle 3. The University Extension Movement 4. 'A novel education': Richard G. Moulton's Inductive Criticism in Extramural Adult Education during the fin de siecle 5. Developing a Taste for Literature: Arnold Bennett, T. P.'s Weekly and the Edwardian Clerk Coda: The Newbolt Report and University English Studies in the Twentieth Century Conclusion
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