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In defense of reading : teaching literature in the twenty-first century / Daniel R. Schwarz.

By: Schwarz, Daniel RContributor(s): Wiley InterScience (Online service)Material type: Text

TextSeries: Blackwell manifestosPublisher: Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 198 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781444304831; 1444304836; 9781444304848; 1444304844Subject(s): English philology -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States | Literature -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States | Books and reading -- Psychological aspects | English philology | Philologie anglaise -- Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) -- États-Unis | Littérature -- Étude et enseignement (Supérieur) -- États-Unis | Livres et lecture -- Aspect psychologique | LITERARY CRITICISM -- Semiotics & Theory | Books and reading -- Psychological aspects | English philology -- Study and teaching (Higher) | Literature -- Study and teaching (Higher) | United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: In defense of reading.DDC classification: 801/.3 LOC classification: PE68.U5 | S39 2008Online resources: Wiley Online Library

Contents:

The Odyssean reader or the odyssey of reading : "of ourselves and our origins" -- How we learn and what we learn from literary texts -- Towards a community of inquiry : is there a teacher in the class? -- Eating kosher ivy : Jews as literary intellectuals -- Professing literature in the twenty-first-century university -- Reconfiguring the profession : the (uncertain) path to a professorship.

Action note: digitized 2010 committed to preserveSummary: Written by influential scholar-critic and award-winning Daniel R. Schwarz, In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century is a passionate and joyful defense of the pleasures of reading. This stimulating book provides valuable insights for teachers and students on why we read and how we read when we embark on "the odyssey of reading.".:.; Provides valuable insights into why and how we read.; Addresses issues and problems in the contemporary university and offers insights into the future.; Explores the life of the mind, the rewards and joys of committed teaching.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-186) and index.

Written by influential scholar-critic and award-winning Daniel R. Schwarz, In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century is a passionate and joyful defense of the pleasures of reading. This stimulating book provides valuable insights for teachers and students on why we read and how we read when we embark on "the odyssey of reading.".:.; Provides valuable insights into why and how we read.; Addresses issues and problems in the contemporary university and offers insights into the future.; Explores the life of the mind, the rewards and joys of committed teaching.

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