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Academic instinctsMarjorie B. Garber

Academic instincts

Marjorie B. Garber
2001194 pages
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In this book, cultural critic Marjorie Garber, who has written on topics as different as Shakespeare, dogs, cross-dressing, and real estate, explores the pleasures and pitfalls of academic life. Academic Instincts discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in recent debates about the humanities: the relation between amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language." Rather than merely taking sides, the book explores the ways in which such debates are essential to intellectual life.…

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3 editions
  • Other · English · 2003
    Princeton University Press · 200 pages · 9780691115719
  • Other · English · 2001
    Princeton University Press · 187 pages · 9780691049700
  • Other · English · 2001
    Princeton University Press · 9781400814268
Academic writingLiteratureStudy and teaching (Higher)Learning and scholarshipHumanitiesCurriculaPhilosophyUniversities and colleges