The Global Future of English Studies

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* The Global Future of English Studiespresents a succinct,carefully documented assessment of the current state and futuretrajectory of English studies around the world. * Compiles data on student enrollments, faculty hiring, andfinancing in English studies around the world including China, hometo more English majors than the U.S. and U.K. combined * Rejects prevailing narratives of contraction and decline thatdominate histories of the discipline * Stresses English studies' expansion within a rapidly expandingglobal academic apparatus, and the new challenges and opportunitiessuch sudden and dispersive growth presents * Essential reading for anyone interested in studying or teachingEnglish in higher education

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James F. English

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"At last, some good news! In this informative study, James Englishbrings a much-needed sociological perspective to current debates onthe state of literary studies. Embracing a global viewpoint andoffering some eye-opening statistics, he persuasively shows why thefuture of English literature is far healthier and more hopeful thanits doomsayers have predicted." --Rita Felski, University of Virginia "By shifting perspective on the discipline of English from anarrative of crisis and decline to the story of a globallytransformed and expanding field, James English forces a radicalrevision of our understanding of what the discipline is and what itmight be. Witty, learned, analytically rigorous, and cosmopolitanin its reach, this is the most important account of the state ofthe discipline currently available." --John Frow, University of Melbourne "This is an impassioned and timely defence of the academic studyof English worldwide." --Richard Todd, University of Leiden
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