English Handbook

A Guide to Literary Studies

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies is a comprehensive textbook, providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills for literature students at all levels.With advice and information on fundamental methods of literary analysis and research, Whitla equips students with the knowledge and tools essential for advanced literary study. Includes traditional close reading strategies integrated with newer critical theory, ranging from gender and genre to post-structuralism and post-colonialism; with examples from Beowulf to Atwood, folk ballads to Fugard, and Christopher Marlowe to Conrad’s MarlowDraws on a wide range of resources, from print to contemporary electronic mediaSupplies a companion website with chapter summaries, charts, examples, web links, and suggestions for further study

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2009-09-04
Mått:152 x 229 x 28 mm
Vikt:553 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:360
Förlag:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
ISBN:9781405183758

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Mer om författaren

William Whitla is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar in English and Humanities at York University in Toronto. He has published The Central Truth (on Robert Browning, 1963), Essays and Reviews (on Victorian literature and religion, with Victor Shea, 2000), and Foundations: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing (also with Victor Shea, 2001 and 2005).

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“It would certainly be helpful to students to have multiple copies available in their academic libraries.” (Reference Reviews, 2012)

Innehållsförteckning

Part I. Introduction 1. What is English and What is Literature?Part II. Foundational Skills2. Reading English: From Opening a Book to Critical Analysis3. Library Research and Scholarly Method4. Writing in English StudiesPart III. The Major Genres5. Drama6. Prose Fiction7. PoetryPart IV. Theory8. Language and Literary Studies9. Recent Critical Practice10. The Politics of Reading: Gender, Class, and Ethnicity