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The formation of college English : rhetoric and belles lettres in the British cultural provinces /
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania :
University of Pittsburgh Press,
[1997]
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| Colección: | Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
University of Pittsburgh Press Digital Editions University of Pittsburgh Digital Collections |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 assimilation. In the educational centers of England, however, the introduction of English represented a literacy crisis brought on by provincial. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (358 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822990505 0822990504 |