What is going on in English studies? Bernard Bergonzi, a literary critic and teacher, who has also published poetry and fiction and has been involved in university administration, seeks to answer this frequently-raised question. With the advent of theory and the accompanying bitter controversies, English studies have changed rapidly and the author describes the developments he has experienced in England and the United States since he began university teaching in 1959. Exploding English brings together elements of critical theory, intellectual history, and the sociology of knowledge, with a linking thread of autobiography.
| ISBN: | 9780198112617 |
| Publication date: | 23rd May 1991 |
| Author: | Bernard Professor of English, Professor of English, University of Warwick Bergonzi |
| Publisher: | Clarendon Press an imprint of Oxford University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 256 pages |
| Series: | Clarendon Paperbacks |
| Genres: |
Philosophy and theory of education Language teaching theory and methods |