ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1975, The Critical Enterprise looks at how the expansion and diversification of English Studies was shaping and was shaped by the Higher Education curriculum. The book looks at how students of sixth forms, colleges, polytechnics and universities alike found an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary studies and how this opened new ways of studying new subjects. The book defines the unique academic elements which make English Studies a unique academic experience as well as an essential ingredient of most interdisciplinary courses.

part One|2 pages

Simple Principles

chapter Chapter 1|19 pages

The Experience of English Studies

The Word and the World

chapter Chapter 2|26 pages

The Language of English Studies

chapter Chapter 3|11 pages

English Studies and the Curriculum of Higher Education

part Two|2 pages

Complete Embodiments and Miscellaneous Forms

chapter Chapter 4|11 pages

Criticism and Creativity

chapter Chapter 5|20 pages

Poetry

chapter Chapter 6|17 pages

The Novel:

Malamud’s The Assistant and Golding’s The Spire

chapter Chapter 7|18 pages

Drama

Coriolanus, The Wild Duck, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

chapter |2 pages

Conclusion