Almost every English Literature academic will have run into someone who thinks that all they do is luxuriate in the company of great authors. In fact, the profession of literary expertise is a profession like many others, and comes with a wide range of obligations - whether teaching, admin, or writing grant applications - that go well beyond the 'simple' act of reading novels and poetry. In this respect, the injunction to 'do what you love' becomes something of a double-edged sword. In fact, academics often exhibit a rather more tense relationship with the subject of their expertise, with some researchers tactically leaving aside authors or books that they love for fear that their enthusiasm will become tainted by the institutional process and the pressure to publish state of the art research.
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