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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