Teaching Literature

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By Elaine Showalter

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Teaching Literature is an inspirational guidebook by Elaine Showalter for educators of English and American literature in higher education. The book offers original and provocative reflections on teaching, encouraging intellectually exciting classroom practices. It covers practical, theoretical, and methodological aspects, drawing on four decades of international experience with real examples from classes and careers.
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This book is ideal for university-level teachers of English and American literature who seek practical advice and fresh perspectives to enhance their teaching methods.

A guidebook for all teachers of English and American literature in higher education. Drawing on 40 years of international teaching experience, author Elaine Showalter inspires instructors to make their classroom practice as intellectually exciting as their research.

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Teaching Literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of English and American literature in higher education.

Written by leading academic, prolific author, and cultural journalist, Elaine Showalter, this book offers original and provocative reflections on teaching literature in higher education. It encourages teachers to make their classroom practice intellectually exciting and is wide-ranging, covering the practical, theoretical, and methodological aspects of teaching literature.

The book is highly practical, employing real examples from real classes and careers throughout and draws on 40 years of international teaching experience.

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Times Higher Education Supplement praises the book for exemplifying virtues such as curiosity and empathy, calling it a deeply personal work that can make readers better teachers. Literature and History finds it admirably accessible and reader-friendly, recommending it for anyone seeking to enliven their classroom.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780631226246

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 25 November 2002

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 14.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 230.0mm

Weight: 272g

Pages: 176

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About the Author

Elaine Showalter is Professor of English at Princeton University. She has been a teacher of English and American Literature for 40 years and has taught high school students, undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and other adults in the United States, Canada, Britain and Europe. She has also directed a teaching seminar for graduate students. During 1998 she was President of the Modern Language Association of America.
The author's publications include A Literature of Their Own: British Women Novelists from Brontë to Lessing (1982), The Female Malady: Women, Madness and Society 1830-1980 (1987), Sexual Anarchy (1991), Sister's Choice: Tradition and Change in American Women's Writing (1991) and Inventing Herself (2001).