“…A provocative new look at concepts of the present, their connection to ideas about time, and their effect on literature, art, and culture. The problem of the present-what it is and what it means-is one that has vexed generations of thinkers and artists. …”

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“…In The Employment of English, Michael Bérubé, one of our most eloquent and gifted critics, examines the cultural legitimacy of literary study. …”