Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. INTRODUCTION: Literary Intellectuals in and for a Democratic Society 1
5. I. CLIMBING THE WALLS: THE INTELLECTUAL AS ACADEMIC
6. CHAPTER 1. At the 1986 MLA Convention 29
7. CHAPTER 2. Teaching Literature: Where, How, and Why? 49
8. CHAPTER 3. An ABCs of Post-Theoretical Academic Style 74
9. CHAPTER 4. Humanists, Cultural Authority, and University 114
10. II. ROADS FROM THE PAST, PATHS TO A FUTURE
11. CHAPTER 5. Modernity and Culture, the Victorians and Cultural Studies 139
12. CHAPTER 6. The Narrative of Culture: A Burkean Perspective 165
13. CHAPTER 7. Toward a Pragmatist Pluralism 201
14. References 231
15. Index 239