First day -- Once upon a time in the twentieth century: how the humanities took a great fall -- What's trust got to do with it? -- "The reading thing": attending, remembering, connecting -- "The play's the thing": Taming of the shrew, A midsummer night's dream -- Teaching is an art, not an algorithm -- De-grading the professors: outcomes assessment assessed -- Growing up human: Hamlet, King Lear -- Ask a graduate
Summary:
"The author tells her story of teaching Shakespeare to college students in a world that cares less and less about humanistic ways of thinking. She moves alternately between her classroom experience and the cultural forces pushing in on education in the United States"-- Provided by publisher.
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