The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature

The Politically Incorrect Guide to English and American Literature, by Elizabeth Kantor *** As I state elsewhere, few things make me feel as defiled as the post-modern take on literature. English departments throughout the United States have abandoned the classical canon for contemporary claptrap. Sh......more

Wonderfully clear and simple. Definitely wished I had some fellow English majors around me to chat with as I listened to this book. First off, I loved the structure of the book. Kantor does a quick survey of literature, starting with early Medieval period, through the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Enligh......more

This entire line of books is incredibly good, chocked full of information you usually don't find in history books or classes, giving new light to "accepted" history. This one refutes the ideas that the great literature of the English-speaking world is racist and sexist, and that female writers were u......more

The program for a recent convention of the Modern Language Association lists 794 different panels on subjects including "Redeeming Violence", "Marxism Now", "Film after Brown vs. Board of Education", and even "What Video Games Can Teach Us About Literature", but not one on Shakespeare, Wordsworth, C......more