College English, Vol. 61, No. 4, March 1999

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• The Essay Canon

  Lynn Z. Bloom

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  Abstract: Explores the relation of essays to canon theory, explains why the only essay canon to be publicly identified in the 20th century is a powerful teaching canon. Shows "where essays live," how they arrive in the teaching canon, and why they stay there. Examines how essays are taught. Looks at the future of the essay canon.

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• The Graying of Professor Erma Bombeck

  Susan Gubar

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  Abstract: Examines the dilemmas of mid-career feminist professors, including: escalating demands on their time; pressures of work and family; high casualty rates among women hired; friction between generations and among feminists; and doubts about what professionalism means to the collective participants in the feminist venture. Discusses strains of this paradoxical combination of privilege and powerlessness for senior women within male-dominated institutions.

• Academics and the Negotiation of Local Knowledge

  Elizabeth Ervin

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  Abstract: Examines the debate over creation and evolution in Wilmington, North Carolina's principal newspapers in order to consider the ways in which this debate exemplifies patterns of public discussion among academics and non academics, including conflicting attitudes about education, authority, and persuasion. Proposes ways to read and intervene in such debates.

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• POEMS

  John Kennedy, Suellen Wedmore, Joshua Coben,Catherine Phil MacCarthy

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• REVIEW: Film Theory: Shifting Paradigms and Material Ghosts

  Vernon Shetley

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• REVIEW: World Literature: Teaching through the Heart

  Feroza Jussawalla

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• COMMENTS & RESPONSE: TWO COMMENTS ON “ETHICAL ISSUES RAISED BY STUDENTS’ PERSONAL WRITING”

  Granieri, Hooper/Morgan

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