The Global Future of English Studies (Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos Book 68)

* The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and future trajectory of English studies around the world.
* Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, and financing in English studies around the world including China, home to more English majors than the U.S. and U.K. combined
* Rejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline that dominate histories of the discipline
* Stresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expanding global academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunities such sudden and dispersive growth presents
* Essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education

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"At last, some good news! In this informative study, James English brings a much-needed sociological perspective to current debates on the state of literary studies. Embracing a global viewpoint and offering some eye-opening statistics, he persuasively shows why the future of English literature is far healthier and more hopeful than its doomsayers have predicted."
-- Rita Felski, University of Virginia "By shifting perspective on the discipline of English from a narrative of crisis and decline to the story of a globally transformed and expanding field, James English forces a radical revision of our understanding of what the discipline is and what it might be. Witty, learned, analytically rigorous, and cosmopolitan in its reach, this is the most important account of the state of the discipline currently available."
-- John Frow, University of Melbourne

"This is an impassioned and timely defence of the academic study of English worldwide."
-- Richard Todd, University of Leiden

--This text refers to an alternate kindleedition edition. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
THE AUTHOR

JAMES F. ENGLISH is Professor of English and the Director of the Penn Humanities Forum at the University of Pennsylvania. His books include Comic Transactions: Literature, Humor, and the Politics of Community in Twentieth-Century Britain (1994) , The Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction (2005) , and The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value, which was named Best Academic Book of 2005 by New York Magazine.



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The Global Future of English Studies
James F. English

What is the true situation of English studies in the twenty-first century? This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of English studies around the world. By treating the global trends and trajectories of English studies with respect to actual student enrollments, faculty employment, curricular emphases, and emergent subfields, James F. English not only challenges many of the standard narratives of the decline of English studies, but turns them on their ear. With remarkable clarity, he shows how English functions within a global higher educational enterprise of massive scale and increasing integration, a system that is growing unevenly but rapidly around the world, and effecting major shifts in the flows of cultural capital.

Offering thought-provoking insights into the new challenges and opportunities presented by the spread of English studies, this is essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education.





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The Global Future of English Studies
James F. English

What is the true situation of English studies in the twenty-first century? This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of English studies around the world. By treating the global trends and trajectories of English studies with respect to actual student enrollments, faculty employment, curricular emphases, and emergent subfields, James F. English not only challenges many of the standard narratives of the decline of English studies, but turns them on their ear. With remarkable clarity, he shows how English functions within a global higher educational enterprise of massive scale and increasing integration, a system that is growing unevenly but rapidly around the world, and effecting major shifts in the flows of cultural capital.

Offering thought-provoking insights into the new challenges and opportunities presented by the spread of English studies, this is essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teaching English in higher education.





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