English: The Condition of the Subject Book

Notes on the Contributors     ix
Preface     xii
Acknowledgements     xiii
Introduction: the Condition of the Subject   Philip W. Martin     1
English in the Plural
Only One Subject? 'Englishes' in Continental Europe   Martin A. Kayman     21
Common Speech, Uncommon Discourse: Whose English is English?   Ronald Carter     34
In Search of the Subject: English in the New South Africa   Natasha Distiller     55
The Condition of Indian Writing in English Today   Revathi Krishnaswamy     68
Twin-Share Accommodation: English and Creative Writing   Graeme Harper     78
Curricula
English Studies and the Life of the Mind   Craig A. Hamilton     91
English after Anti-Humanism   Andy Mousley     101
Deskilling English: Theory, Cynicism and Ethics   Laurence Steven     108
Firm Foundations? The Condition of English at A-Level   Carol Atherton     118
Defending the Canon   Gary Day     126
Class Work: Site of Egalitarian Activism or Site of Embourgeoisement?   Sharon O'Dair     142
Knowledge
Framing Theory   Robert Eaglestone     161
Impractical Criticism   Mark Robson     168
The End of Difference   Mark Carrie     180
The Pedagogy of Historicism: 'Teaching and Learning' in a Historicist Mode   Simon Dentith     191
In Defence of Gradgrind   Jonathan Bate     199
Index     209