Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Introduction; PART ONE: SIMPLE PRINCIPLES; 1. The Experience of English Studies: The Word and the World; 2. The Language of English Studies; 3. English Studies and the Curriculum of Higher Education; PART TWO: COMPLETE EMBODIMENTS AND MISCELLANEOUS FORMS; 4. Criticism and Creativity; 5. Poetry; 6. The Novel: Malamud's The Assistant and Golding's The Spire; 7. Drama: Coriolanus, The Wild Duck, Hamlet, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead; Conclusion; References; Select Bibliography; Index