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Subject(s)

• English philology—Study and teaching (Higher) [Browse]
• English literature—Study and teaching (Higher) [Browse]
• English philology—History and criticism—Theory, etc [Browse]
• English literature—History and criticism—Theory, etc [Browse]
• English language—History [Browse]
• Historical linguistics [Browse]

Summary note

"This book retraces the formation of modern English Studies by departing from philological scholarship along two lines: in terms of institutional histories and in terms of the separation of literary criticism and linguistics. It is argued that the full potential of the discipline's global scope and pluralistic formation can only be realized by departing further from philology rather than returning to it - and that this is possible only by engaging with philology rather than by forgetting it.Part 1 outlines both the complexities of and some of the coherent features of philological scholarship. Part 2 examines historical accounts of the discipline's moves away from philology in several institutional contexts (UK, USA, India, post-1990 EU). Part 3 explores the gradual bifurcation of English linguistics and literary studies, departing concurrently from philology and from each other. The extent to which these aspects of English Studies may usefully develop hereafter in a mutually-regarding but distinct fashion is considered"-- Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Machine generated contents note:
• AcknowledgementsIntroductionPART I: PHILOLOGY1. The Four Nodes of Convergence in Philological Knowledge2. Muting of, Return to, and Further Departure from PhilologyPART II: INSTITUTIONAL HISTORIES3. The Former Heartlands of English Studies4. The Former Hinterlands of English StudiesPART III: LINGUISTICS AND LITERARY STUDIES5. From Philology to General Linguistics and Literary Theory6. Then Politics of Language Corpora and Literary Theory7. Theory Debates and Discourse Analysis8. Englishes and Global English StudiesBibliographyIndex.

ISBN

• 9781137537829 ((hardback))
• 1137537825 ((hardback))

LCCN

2015012361

OCLC

910239425

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