| "Showalter's distillation
of her half-century of teaching (along with the experience
of scores of other teachers) in this jargon-free blend of
manual and memoir will appeal to readers with a general interest
in education as well as to professionals.
Provocative, evocative, spirited in tone and lucid in
structure, the volume offers everything readers might want
to know about teaching undergraduates."
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PUBLISHER'S WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 11th
2002
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At a time when university lecturers are increasingly torn
between the demands of research, administration and teaching,
this inspirational new book from leading academic, journalist
and cultural critic, Elaine Showalter, encourages teachers
to rediscover "the joy of teaching literature".
Drawing on 40 years of international teaching experience,
as well as the real life experiences of friends and colleagues
in the field, Showalter offers original and provocative
reflections on teaching literature in higher education,
and addresses practical, theoretical, and methodological
issues.
This unusually personal guidebook:
- Describes the anxieties (often expressed in dreams)
that can plague teachers of literature
- Outlines the major theories and methods circulating
in the field
- Looks separately at teaching drama, fiction, poetry,
and theory
- Offers a cornucopia of approaches to teaching
literature
- Explores ways to teach teaching
- Investigates the moral issues involved in teaching,
and the practical ethics of handling touchy subjects,
from suicide to the use of sexually explicit language.
- Looks at ways of teaching literature in "dark
times", such as after 9-11
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Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements.
1. The Anxiety of Teaching. 
Sample Chapter available
2. Theories of Teaching Literature.
3. Methods of Teaching Literature.
4. Teaching Poetry.
Sample Chapter available
5. Teaching Drama.
6. Teaching Fiction.
7. Teaching Theory.
8. Teaching Teachers.
9. Teaching Dangerous Subjects.
10. Teaching Literature in Dark Times.
Conclusion: The Joy of Teaching Literature.
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