The fifteen essays on Emerson, reprinted here, were published in American Literature from 1937 to 1986 and reveal the continuity of that journal's interest in studies of literary influence, textual scholarship, and intellectual history. As this volume reveals, its editorial standards for scholarship have contributed to the publication of essays that have endured the winds of fashion.--Choice

This monograph aims to present a new view of the history of postructuralism (heterology) and the origins of postmodernism by analyzing three French theorists: Georges Bataille, Jean Baudrillard and Jean-Francois Lyotard.

Controversy over what role the great books should play in college curricula and questions about who defines the literary canon are at the forefront of debates in higher education. The Politics of Liberal Education enters this discussion with a sophisticated defense of educational reform in response to attacks by academic traditionalists. The authors here themselves distinguished scholars and educators share the belief that American schools, colleges, and universities can do a far better job of educating the nation s increasingly diverse population and that the liberal arts must play a...