Leonard Cassuto: 2 books
Hard-Boiled Sentimentality
The Secret History of American Crime Stories
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2008
Leonard Cassuto's cultural history links the testosterone-saturated heroes of American crime stories to the sensitive women of the nineteenth-century sentimental novel. From classics like The Big Sleep and The Talented Mr. Ripley to neglected paperback gems, Cassuto chronicles the dialogue--centered...
The Graduate School Mess
What Caused It and How We Can Fix it
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
American graduate education is in disarray. Graduate study in the humanities takes too long and those who succeed face a dismal academic job market. Leonard Cassuto gives practical advice about how faculty can teach and advise students so that they are prepared for the demands of the working worlds they will join, inside and outside the academy.