Cultural Capital
Subtitle: The Problem of Literary Canon Formation
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: March 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780226310442
Subjects: Literary theory; Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Reference; British Isles; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Capitalism and literature; Case studies; English literature; History and criticism; Study and teaching; Theory, etc
First sentence: In recent years the debate about the literary canon has entered a new phase, with the emergence in the university and in the popular media of a strong conservative backlash against revisions of the curriculum.