The Formation of College English: Rhetoric and Belles Lettres in the British Cultural Provinces
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In the middle of the eighteenth century, English literature, composition, and rhetoric were introduced almost simultaneously into colleges throughout the British cultural provinces. Professorships of rhetoric and belles lettres were established just as print was reaching a growing reading public and efforts were being made to standardize educated taste and usage. The provinces saw English studies as a means to upward social mobility through cultural...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0822956233
ISBN13:9780822956235
Release Date:February 1997
Publisher:University of Pittsburgh Press
Length:360 Pages
Weight:1.20 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"
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