July 13, 2004

What for are English professors?

Posted by John Holbo

Bit strange to run across one at this time of year - like Christmas in July - but this is one of the better “I went to the MLA” pieces I’ve read. It deserves a comment box. (Also, I’m sort of curious whether this post will work - sort of like a bat signal - to draw Chun out of retirement.)

There’s a lot here that exercises me tremendously. But if I started I’d never shut-up. You go first. But here’s a polite suggestion. Since the piece is in “The Believer” - and they so stern against snark - let’s try to keep the anti-MLA hatchet-work sub-Peckish, shall we? (Just a suggestion.)

Posted on July 13, 2004 05:51 PM UTC
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