Teaching Eighteenth-Century Literature in the Pocockian Moment (Or, Flimnap on the Tightrope, Kramnick to the Rescue).

Dowling, William C.

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Publication Date: 1987

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Teaching Eighteenth-Century Literature in the Pocockian Moment (Or, Flimnap on the Tightrope, Kramnick to the Rescue).

Dowling, William C.

College English, v49 n5 p523-32 Sep 1987

Notes that many literature students have disliked studying eighteenth century literature and reflects on the positive effect New Criticism has had on the teaching of it. Compares Kramnick's and Pocock's views with those of the New Criticism. (JC)

Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, College English, Eighteenth Century Literature, Higher Education, History Instruction, Intellectual History, Literary Criticism, Literary Genres, Literary History, Literature Appreciation

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