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A Manifesto for Literary Studies Marjorie Garber Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities | University of Washington, Seattle Copyright © 2003 by the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Garber, Marjorie B. A manifesto for literary studies / Marjorie Garber. p. cm.—(Short studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities) Includes bibliographical references. isbn 0-295-98344-2 (alk. paper) 1. English literature—History and criticism—Theory, etc. 2. American literature—History and criticism—Theory, etc. 3. Literature—History and criticism—Theory, etc. I. Title. II. Series. pr21.g36 2003 820.9—dc22 2003062196 Excerpt from “Burnt Norton” in Four Quartets, by T. S. Eliot, copyright 1936 by Harcourt, Inc., and renewed 1964 by T. S. Eliot. Reprinted by permission of the publisher. “The Coming of Wisdom with Time,” by William Butler Yeats, from The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats, Volume 1: The Poems, Revised, edited by Richard J. Finneran (New York: Scribner, 1997). Reprinted with the permission of Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group. Printed in the United States of America Distributed by the University of Washington Press PO Box 50096 Seattle, Washington 98145–5096 www.washington.edu/uwpress Series Editor Kathleen Woodward Series Designer Christopher Ozubko The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ansi z39.48–1984. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. ...

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