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I haven't read Scholes "Rise and Fall..." but wonder if it might raise similar points to those of John Willimnsky's Date sent: Wed, 20 May 1998 13:16:48 -0400 Send reply to: CASLL/Inkshed <[log in to unmask]> From: "Dr. Robert K. Irish" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Robert Scholes' "Rise and Fall of English" To: [log in to unmask] > I remember at the 4Cs Russ said he was half way through Robert Scholes > "Rise and Fall of English". I was at about the same stage myself so we > talked about it a little. I'm wondering, has anyone else read the > book? Does anyone have a reaction to it? I guess I'm particularly > wondering if folks like Henry or others have thoughts on how it might > translate to the Canadian context. Obviously the rise of "English > Literature" differs here from south of the border, but the trajectory > seems similar (i.e. a bee-line toward irrelevance, or what Scholes calls > "hypocriticism"). > > Anyway, it is the kind of book I feel like I need to "talk" about to get > my ideas straight, so if anyone wants to bite, I'll bite back--er--so to > speak. ;) > > Rob Irish M.E.M. Forrest, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Education 302 Emmerson Hall Acadia University Wolfville, N.S. B0P 1X0 <[log in to unmask]>