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Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities.(Review)

Arts Education Policy Review,  March, 1999  

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John M. Ellis. Literature Lost: Social Agendas and the Corruption of the Humanities. New Haven, Ct.: Yale University Press, 1997. 262 pages. $25.00 hardback.

Words and symbols compiled into articles, books, conferences, manifestos, speeches, and works in the arts media are the armaments of present culture wars. Although no one professionally engaged in cultural matters can stand aside completely as the battle rages, it is possible to obtain an overview by disengaging from rhetoric and focusing on basic ideas. In Literature Lost, John Ellis climbs to such high ground. Upon ...

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