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Why is English Literature?

Language and Letters for the Twenty-First Century

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  • © 2013

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  1. Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. English and the Languages

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Can Spanish Count As an English Course?

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 2-11

    3. A Tropology of Letters

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 12-24

  3. From ars liber to Modern Literatures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 25-25
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    2. The Lost Continent: Grammar and Philology

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 26-35

    3. Curricula vitae linguae

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 36-48

    4. Parity in the Early MLA

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 49-62

    5. Blindness and Hindsight: The Misprisions of Graff and Warner

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 63-78

  4. The American Century

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Allophone and Alien

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 80-96

    3. Martial Culture and the MLA

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 97-116

    4. The Prison House of Languages

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      Pages 117-127

    5. Conclusion: Language Needs New Language

      • Thomas Paul Bonfiglio
      Pages 128-143

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 144-160
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Why is English synonymous with literature in the United States? Bonfiglio contextualizes the rising hegemony of English within the anti-labor, anti-immigration, xenophobic, mercantile, militarist, and technocratic ideologies that arose in the US in the first half of twentieth century.

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"Why is English Literature? opens a fresh perspective on current discussions of globalization and transnationalism that will enliven literary studies in English and American literature departments." - John Michael, University of Rochester, USA

About the author

Thomas Paul Bonfiglio is a Professor of Comparative Literature and Linguistics in The Department of Modern Literatures and Cultures at The University of Richmond, USA.

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