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THE TEACHING OF ENGLISH IN THE UNIVERSITIES

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A reply by EDWARD GREENWOOD to George Steiner 's two talks To Civilise Our Gentlemen
Mr. Greenwood argues asainst Dr. Steiner's case for a radical rethinkinu of English teaching in Universities to avoid the dangers of classicism, idealist moral fervour, and nationalism He believes that Dr. Steiner's arguments are confused, inconsistent, self-contradictory, unfair to many of his colleagues, and tainted with a fashionable and fundamentally " safe" academic existentialism.'

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Edward Greenwood
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George Steiner
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