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Explores the pleasures and pitfalls of the academic life. This title discusses three of the perennial issues that have surfaced in debates about the humanities: the relation between "amateurs" and "professionals," the relation between one academic discipline and another, and the relation between "jargon" and "plain language."

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Richly informed by Shakespearean scholarship of the latter half of the 20th century, this book offers passionate and revealing readings of all 38 of Shakespeare's plays, in chronological sequence.

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What is the role of the arts in American culture Is art an essential element If so, how should we support it This book describes the history of patronage, and shows how patronage has elevated and damaged the arts in modern culture, and argues for the university as a serious patron of the arts.