The Knowledge Most Worth Having
The Knowledge Most Worth Having

Author: Wayne C. Booth

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-09-15

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 0226065707

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The Knowledge Most Worth Having represents the essence of education at the University of Chicago—faculty and students grappling with key intellectual questions that span the humanities, while still acknowledging the need to acquire a depth of knowledge in one’s chosen field. The papers collected here were delivered during an often-heated conference at the university in 1966, and include contributions from such scholars as Northrop Frye, Richard McKeon, and, of course, the dean of the college, Wayne Booth himself. Taken as a whole, they present a passionate defense of liberal education, one that remains highly relevant today.

Teaching Excellence in Higher Education
Teaching Excellence in Higher Education

Author: Marshall Gregory

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2013-12-11

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 1137373768

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Marshall Gregory argues that teachers at the university and high school levels can achieve teaching excellence by grounding their teaching in pedagogical theory that takes into account students' abilities and the ultimate goals of teaching: to develop students' capacities for thought, reflection, questioning, and engagement to their fullest extent.

The Stubborn Structure
The Stubborn Structure

Author: Northrop Frye

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-01-11

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1136498176

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First published in 1970, this collection is made up of a selection of essays composed between 1962 and 1968, written by distinguished humanist and literary critic Northrop Frye. The book is divided into two parts: one deals largely with the contexts of literary criticism; the other offers more specific studies of literary works in roughly historical sequence. One of the essays is Frye’s own elucidation of the development of his critical premises out of his early concern with the poetry of William Blake. Taken together, the essays offer a continuous and coherent argument, making a whole that is entirely equal to the sum of its parts.

Richard McKeon
Richard McKeon

Author: George Kimball Plochmann

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 1990-06-14

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 9780226671093

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In the contemporary atmosphere of concern with the problems of relativism, cultural pluralism, and textuality, the time is ripe for rediscovery of the thought of Richard McKeon, one of the most important but neglected American philosophers of this century. This study by George Kimball Plochmann, a former student of McKeon's, is the first book-length treatment of the ideas of this legendary teacher, scholar, and diplomat who outlined a profound and creative vision for the reorganization of all knowledge and discourse.

Point of View
Point of View

Author: Edward H. Levi

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2008-09-15

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0226474151

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Edward H. Levi served the University of Chicago for most of his professional life, as a professor, dean of the law school, provost, and eventually president. Gathered here are fourteen talks he delivered between 1963 and 1969 that include such topics as the role of the university; the purposes of undergraduate and liberal education, professional training, and graduate research; the relations between the university and its surroundings; and the causes of student unrest. Throughout these talks, the reader will find expressions of Levi’s essential belief that “the university must stand for reason and for persuasion by reasoning.”

Northrop Frye's Uncollected Prose
Northrop Frye's Uncollected Prose

Author: Northrop Frye

Publisher: University of Toronto Press

Published: 2015-01-01

Total Pages: 478

ISBN-13: 1442649720

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"The present volume includes talks Frye gave that were tape-recorded but for which there is no extant manuscript, taped interviews and responses to questions not included in the volume of interviews of the Collected Works; a previously undiscovered notebook and portions of others, including an extensive series of notes on romance (93,000 words); a brief in opposition to the Macpherson Report on undergraduate education at the University of Toronto; an address about the contribution of Victoria College to Canadian culture; reviews that were until recently unknown to me and the other editors of the Collected Works; a reply to a questionnaire from the American Scholar, and an early essay on poetic diction."--Page xiii