LEADER 03814nam 2200589 a 450 001 9910967513403321 005 20251116144639.0 010 $a0-8262-6075-6 035 $a(CKB)1000000000006430 035 $a(OCoLC)70746057 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10001628 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000228616 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11223219 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000228616 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10154821 035 $a(PQKB)10451994 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3570628 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3570628 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10001628 035 $a(OCoLC)929513072 035 $a(BIP)11494155 035 $a(BIP)48187827 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000006430 100 $a19990308d1999 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe professor and the profession /$fRobert Bechtold Heilman 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aColumbia $cUniversity of Missouri Press$dc1999 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 08$a0-8262-1232-8 327 $aIntro -- contents -- preface -- acknowledgments -- index. 330 $aRobert Bechtold Heilman is one of the last survivors of a remarkable generation of American critics that included such literary giants as Cleanth Brooks, Allen Tate, & Edmund Wilson, men to whom literary criticism was not a profession or an academic necessity but a calling. In a distinguished career that has spanned nearly six decades, Heilman has influenced generations of scholars & critics through his exquisitely written commentaries on subjects ranging from William Shakespeare to Thomas Hardy. In The Professor & the Profession, Heilman looks back over his life & times from his perspective as both an academic & an American. Differing in theme & subject matter, the essays included in this collection are ultimately unified by the author himself. Whether the topic is football, Robert Penn Warren, or education, Heilman's generous & intelligent voice emerges on every page. Yet this collection is more than one academic's personal reminiscences; it is a reflection upon American literary history itself. In the first section of essays, "The Self Displayed," Heilman reveals how he developed from a small-town boy into a distinguished critic & teacher, touching upon his love of baseball & football along the way. "Writers Portrayed" & "Literary Types & Problems Inspected," the following sections, offer his opinions on the past & on the current state of American literary criticism, including personal portraits of such renowned friends as Eric Voegelin, Robert Penn Warren, Theodore Roethke, & Malcolm Cowley. The final section, "Education Examined," is an enlightening inquiry into the development of American universities in the twentieth century. A fascinating chronicle of a significant academic life, The Professor & the Profession will appeal to a broad array of scholars, from young academics wanting to know where they came from to those of Heilman's generation who can appreciate this personal reminiscence into the world of letters. 606 $aEnglish philology$xStudy and teaching (Higher)$zUnited States 606 $aAmerican literature$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aEnglish philology$xStudy and teaching (Higher) 615 0$aAmerican literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a420.71/173 700 $aHeilman$b Robert Bechtold$f1906-2004.$01800554 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967513403321 996 $aThe professor and the profession$94470527 997 $aUNINA