'philologist' in Literary Theory: An Introduction

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(noun) the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature

English was a upstart, amateurish affair as academic subjects went, hardly able to compete on equal terms with the rigours of Greats or philology; since every English gentleman read his own literature in his spare time anyway, what was the point of submitting it to systematic study

—p.29 The Rise of English (17) by Terry Eagleton

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philologist (en)

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

philologist (en)

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton

Literary Theory: An Introduction
by Terry Eagleton