English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction — English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future

   1. Introduction — English Studies: The State of the Discipline, Past, Present, and Future

      • Niall Gildea, Helena Goodwyn, Megan Kitching, Helen Tyson

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3. Past

   1. Front Matter

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   2. English on Its Borders

      • Ben Knights

      Pages 15-24

   3. The Literature Study Guide: Mastering the Art of English?

      • Mildrid Bjerke

      Pages 25-40

4. Present

   1. Front Matter

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   2. The Department of English and the Experience of Literature

      • Derek Attridge

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   3. The Public Sphere and Worldliness: The Present Dialogue within English Studies

      • Nigel Wood

      Pages 48-66

   4. The Dilemma of Cognitive Literary Studies

      • Sowon S. Park

      Pages 67-81

5. Future

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Employability and the English Literature Degree

      • Stephen Longstaffe

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   3. The Future of English and Institutional Consciousness: Threats and Disengagement

      • Robert Eaglestone

      Pages 100-113

6. Back Matter

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An accessible and wide-ranging consideration of concerns facing English Studies in its surrounding context of the university and society. The contributors to this volume seek to trace, in the face of current challenges, historical and contemporary debates surrounding English Studies.

• English
• criticism
• literature
• pedagogy
• university
• culture
• REF
• students
• institutions
• discipline
• academics
• research
• impact
• employability
• graduates
• education
• public
• linguistics
• language
• economics
• English literature
• English studies
• Literary Studies
• society

• Queen Mary, University of London, UK

  Niall Gildea, Helena Goodwyn, Megan Kitching, Helen Tyson

Derek Attridge, University of York, UK Mildred Bjerke, University of York, UK Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Niall Gildea, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Helena Goodwyn, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Megan Kitching, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Ben Knights, Teesside University, UK Stephen Longstaffe, University of Cumbria, UK Sowon S Park, University of Oxford, UK Helen Tyson, Queen Mary, University of London, UK Nigel Wood, Loughborough University, UK

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