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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458981003321

Autore

Moran Joe <1970-, >

Titolo

Interdisciplinarity / / by Joe Moran

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-24585-1

1-135-24586-X

1-282-59508-3

9786612595080

0-203-86618-5

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

The new critical idiom

Disciplina

820.9/0001

820.90001

Soggetti

English literature - History and criticism - Theory, etc

English literature - Study and teaching

Interdisciplinary approach in education

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; SERIES EDITOR'S PREFACE; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 INTERDISCIPLINARY ENGLISH; 2 LITERATURE INTO CULTURE; 3 THEORY AND THE DISCIPLINES; 4 TEXTS IN HISTORY; 5 SCIENCE, SPACE AND NATURE; CONCLUSION: INTERDISCIPLINARITY TODAY; FURTHER READING; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Interdisciplinarity covers one of the most important changes in attitude and methodology in the history of the university.Taking the study of English as its main example, this fully updated second edition examines the ways in which we have organized knowledge into disciplines, and are now reorganizing it into new configurations as existing structures come to seem restrictive. Joe Moran traces the history and use of the term 'interdisciplinarity', tackling such vital topics as:the rise of the disciplinesinterdisciplinary EnglishLiterary and Cu