Building a Profession

Autobiographical Perspectives on the History of Comparative Literature in the United States

Häftad, Engelska, 1994

AvLionel Gossman,Mihai I. Spariosu,Mihai I Spariosu

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At a time when the study of literature and the literary canon itself are once again the focus of intense debate, Building a Profession offers a retrospective on the early days of Comparative Literature in the United States and on its role in defining literary scholarship in the heady decades following the end of the second World War. Composed of autobiographical sketches by a number of eminent comparatists, chiefly of the generation that has either recently retired or is approaching retirement, it anchors the intellectual and scholarly aspirations of the post-War period, through the personal narratives of those who shared in them and promoted them, in the experience of war, uprooting, racial and religious intolerance or persecution, and a deep longing for peaceful exchange and international understanding. It is both a contribution to the history of literary study in the United States and a record of changes that have taken place in the culture of this country since World War II.

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Utgivningsdatum1994-03-10
Mått151 x 229 x 14 mm
Vikt336 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor234
FörlagState University of New York Press
ISBN9780791418000

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Foreword 1. Memories of the ProfessionRene Wellek 2. Comparative Literature at HarvardHarry Levin 3. Experiences and ExperimentsVictor Lange 4. Versions of a DisciplineThomas M. Greene 5. Am I a Comparatist?Thomas G. Rosenmeyer 6. Reminiscences of an Academic MaverickW. Wolfgang Holdheim 7. How and Why I Became a ComparatistAnna Balakian 8. Comparative Literature, Modern Thought and LiteratureAlbert J. Guerard 9. Comparative Literature, CL, and IThomas R. Hart 10. Born to CompareLilian Furst 11. On Writing to Be A ComparatistMarjorie Perloff 12. Self-Portrait in the Unembellished ModeHerbert Lindenberger 13. Home Truths and Institutional FalsehoodsGerald Gillespie 14. Remembering Paul de Man: An Epoch in the History of Comparative LiteratureStanley Corngold 15. Out of a Gothic NorthLionel Gossman 16. Exile, Play, and Intellectual AutobiographyMihai I. Spariosu List of Contributions Index