The humanities and the dream of America /
Harpham, Geoffrey Galt,1946-
Chicago, Ill. ; London : University of Chicago Press,
c2011.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the humanities as a foreign language -- Beneath and beyond the "crisis in the humanities" -- Roots, races, and the return to philology -- Between humanity and the homeland: the evolution of an institutional concept -- The next big thing in literary study: pleasure -- Gold mines in Parnassus: thoughts on the integration of professional and liberal education -- Melancholy in the midst of abundance: how America invented the humanities -- The depths of the heights: reading Conrad with America's military.
Humanities
Philology
Endowment of research