Literature, language, and politics - Craige, Betty Jean.; Modern Language Association of America. Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession (Athens : University of Georgia Press, 1988)
The two criticisms / by Paul Lauter -- On the rhetoric of racism in the profession / by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- Dancing between left and right / by Annette Kolodny -- Language politics in the USA / by Ana Celia Zentella -- The right moves / by Ellen Messer-Davidow -- Politics and academic research / by Catharine R. Stimpson -- Teach the conflicts / by Gerald Graff.
Includes papers presented at a forum sponsored by the MLA Commission on the Status of Women in the Profession, in December 1987.
Includes bibliographies.
Keywords: Politics and literature -- United States; Literature -- Philosophy; Literature, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism; Education, Higher -- Social aspects -- United States; English language -- United States -- Rhetoric; United States -- Politics and government -- 1981-1989.