| Edition |
2nd ed |
| Description |
viii, 261 p ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| 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 Chakrabort -- 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 / SuzanneTrill -- Reading / Anna Vaninskaya -- Writing an essay / David Farrier -- Reflecting / Paul Crosthwaite. |
| Subject |
English literature -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- Great Britain
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English literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc
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| Added Author |
Cavanaugh, William J
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| ISBN |
9780748691326 |
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