Writing at the End of the World

Name: Writing at the End of the World
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ISBN: 9780822958864

ISBN-10: 0822958864

ISBN-13: 9780822958864

Edition: 2005

Authors: Richard E. Miller

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What do the humanities have to offer in the twenty-first century? Are there compelling reasons to go on teaching the literate arts when the schools themselves have become battlefields?nbsp; Does it make sense to go on writing when the world itself is overrun with books that no one reads? In these simultaneously personal and erudite reflections on the future of higher education, Richard E. Miller moves from the headlines to the classroom, focusing in on how teachers and students alike confront the existential challenge of making life meaningful.nbsp; In meditating on the violent events that now dominate our daily lives-school shootings, suicide bombings, terrorist attacks, contemporary…

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List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 10/28/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




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