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Being in Love

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

Janet Hadda
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Recently, a gifted undergraduate came to me with some urgent questions: Should he major in literature? And if he did, what practical benefits might he realize? I asked one question: “Are you in love?” By this I meant, “Are you in love with literature?” Then I inquired, “Does your heart skip a beat when you encounter your love? Do you ache when the two of you are separated? Do you resent anything that intrudes on you and your love?”

Type
The Changing Profession
Information
PMLA , Volume 117 , Issue 3 , May 2002 , pp. 498 - 500
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 2002

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