Language, literature,
and social
responsibility.
A searching examination of the institutions of
Eng lish today-teachers, textbooks, professional
associations, test ing programs-and the way
they shape the literacy and cu lture transmitted
in our schools and colleges.
ENGLISH IN AMERICA
A Radical View of the Profession
Richard Ohmann
With a chapter by Walla ce Doug las
cloth, $15.00 paper, $4.50
(A Ga laxy Book, GB 445)
One of the wor ld's most d istinguished cr itics
focuses on the role of literature in creating an
educated, discriminating pub lic which can
influence pol icy makers. He emphasizes the
creative writer as thinker, whose work must
be judged by the quality of intelligence
which informs it.
THE LIVING PRINCIPLE
"English" as a Discipline of Thought
F. R. Leavis
$12.95
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
200 Mad ison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10016
