Ebook: The humanities and the dream of America

The contents of this book cover beneath and beyond the 'crisis in the humanities', between humanity and the homeland, gold mines in Parnassus, melancholy in the midst of abundance, and much more.;Introduction: the humanities as a foreign language -- Beneath and beyond the "crisis in the humanities" -- Roots, races, and the return to philology -- Between humanity and the homeland: the evolution of an institutional concept -- The next big thing in literary study: pleasure -- Gold mines in Parnassus: thoughts on the integration of professional and liberal education -- Melancholy in the midst of abundance: how America invented the humanities -- The depths of the heights: reading Conrad with America's military.