The Edinburgh introduction to studying English literature.

Format Electronic
EditionSecond edition / edited by Dermot Cavanagh, Alan Gillis, Michelle Keown, James Loxley and Randall Stevenson.
PublicationEdinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014]
Description1 online resource (viii, 261 pages) : illustrations
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Subjects
English literature--Study and teaching (Higher). --Great Britain.
English literature--History and criticism. --Theory, etc.

Other author/creatorCavanagh, Dermot, 1963- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjHjRvDMqwjDMqGhyDckjC
Other author/creatorGillis, Alan A., editor.
Other author/creatorKeown, Michelle, 1972- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjwQj847hkBFgTfJP9x79C
Other author/creatorLoxley, James, 1968- editor. https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCjrKyqVjHpwpDDRCfHhBHd
Other author/creatorStevenson, Randall, editor.
Contents What is literature? / Alex Thomson -- English literary studies : origins and nature / Robert Irvine -- Kinds of literature / David Salter -- Poetry : an introduction / Alan Gillis -- Metre and rhythm / Lee Spinks -- Verse forms / Penny Fielding -- Poetic imagery / Sarah M. Dunnigan -- Poetry and history / Greg Walker -- Vernacular poetry / Colin Nicholson -- Genre and form : the short story / Kenneth Millard -- Narrative language / Keith Hughes -- Narrative structure and technique / Randall Stevenson -- Constructing character / Rajorshi Chakraborti -- Narrative, society and history / Aaron Kelly -- Life writing / Laura Marcus -- Introducing drama / Roger Savage -- Text and performance / Olga Taxidou -- Tragedy / Simon Malpas -- Comedy / Jonathan Wild -- History and politics / Dermot Cavanagh -- Sex, gender and performance / Suzanne Trill -- Reading / Anna Vaninskaya -- Writing an essay / David Farrier -- Reflecting / Paul Crosthwaite.
Abstract Extensively tested at the University of Edinburgh, this introduction to the tools required for literary study provides all the skills, background and critical knowledge which students require to approach their study of literature with confidence. This second edition includes 3 new chapters on Reading, Writing an Essay, and Reflecting. Each focuses on the 'how to' element when studying literature, and covers issues such as how to avoid plagiarism, and how to prepare a bibliography. The original emphasis on clear explanation of critical practices, and of literary forms, styles and techniques remains. These explanations are carefully illustrated through examples taken from readily-available works, especially those included in the Norton Anthology of English Literature. The result is a well-stocked toolbox providing introductions to the ways in which literary texts can be approached as well as to the critical, formal and historical understanding this requires. New for this edition. 3 new chapters on Reading, Writing an Essay, and Reflecting Updated Works Cited Texts discussed in the book keyed to the latest edition of the Norton Anthology of English Literature
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 239-248) and index.
LanguageEnglish.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed October 15, 2020).
Issued in other formPrint version: Edinburgh introduction to studying English literature. Second edition. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2014] 9780748691326
Genre/formCriticism, interpretation, etc.
Genre/formElectronic books.
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