Throughout history, American literature has provided an escape from the classroom; yet authors like Twain, Melville, and Ellison remain key figures in high school and college curricula. This book offers an account of this paradox, examining the contentious but ultimately generative relationship between literary and scholastic culture in the US.
Throughout history, American literature has provided an escape from the classroom; yet authors like Twain, Melville, and Ellison remain key figures in high school and college curricula. This book offers an account of this paradox, examining the contentious but ultimately generative relationship between literary and scholastic culture in the US.
Morgan Day Frank is a lecturer in the History and Literature program at Harvard University.
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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 1: The School and Society 2: Against Reading Part 2 3: In Defense of Punctuality 4: Interest, Disgust Part 3 5: Secret Societies 6: Really, Really Secret Societies Notes Bibliography
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1 1: The School and Society 2: Against Reading Part 2 3: In Defense of Punctuality 4: Interest, Disgust Part 3 5: Secret Societies 6: Really, Really Secret Societies Notes Bibliography
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