English Inside and Out

Amid diverse theoretical debates about the canon in the media and in academia, in English Inside and Out leading proponents of literary studies take a close look at the discipline and the profession and envisage its future. Introduction, SUSANGUBAR, JONATHANKAMHOLTZ; Chapter 1 Plausible and Helpful Things to Say About Literature in a Time When All Print Institutions Are Breaking Down, ALVINKERNAN; Chapter 2 The Canon and the Classroom: A Caveat, LESLIE A.FIEDLER; Chapter 3 English as Something Else, GEOFFREYHARTMAN; Chapter 4 The Welcome Table, HENRY LOUISGATES, JR.; Chapter 5 The Institutionalization of Feminist Criticism, JANEGALLOP; Chapter 6 Sodometries, JONATHANGOLDBERG; Chapter 7 Multiculturalism and Criticism, JOHNBRENKMAN; Chapter 8 The Unbearable Ugliness of Volvos, STANLEYFISH; Chapter 9 Preaching to the Converted, GERALDGRAFF; Chapter 10 Socratic Raptures, Socratic Ruptures: Notes Toward Queer Performativity, EVE KOSOFSKYSEDGWICK;