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2018
Volume 113, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Abstract

Drawing on a 2023 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for Teachers on the history of literature instruction, the authors reflect on the traditional place of literature at the “heart” of English education, arguing for the continuing importance of centering students’ experiences with texts.

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