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The Global Future of English Studies
James F. English
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Description for The Global Future of English Studies
Hardcover. This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of English studies around the world. By treating the global trends and trajectories of English studies with respect to actual student enrollments, faculty employment, curricular emphases, and emergent subfields, James F. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.
- Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, and financing in English studies around the world including China, home to more English majors than the U.S. and U.K. combined
- Rejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline that dominate histories of the discipline
- Stresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expanding global academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunities such sudden and dispersive growth presents
- Essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Series
Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470654941
SKU
V9780470654941
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99-50
About James F. English
THE AUTHOR JAMES F. ENGLISH is Professor of English and the Director of the Penn Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include Comic Transactions: Literature, Humor, and the Politics of Community in Twentieth-Century Britain (1994), The Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction (2005), and The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of ... Read more
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