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).

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

• 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

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).

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

• 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

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).

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

• 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