The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0748691324 ISBN 13: 9780748691326

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press, 2014

Synopsis

This is a new edition of this established guide for students studying literature for the first time. This up-to-the minute foundational guide introduces the full range of literary forms, styles, theories and critical strategies which new students need to cover. By careful use of examples it demonstrates exactly how strategies for reading texts can be put to work and all texts discussed are conveniently available in the Norton Anthology of English Literature. The successful first edition is now updated with the latest in research and teaching by the academics based at one of the UK's leading university literature departments. It features a new Students Resources section with 3 new chapters on Reading, Writing, and Reflecting and including 'how to' features such as how to avoid plagiarism, and how to prepare a bibliography. It discusses both British and American authors, while the texts discussed in the book generally appear in the Norton Anthology of English Literature. It introduces a wide range of literary forms, styles and critical strategies, essential knowledge for the beginning student of literature.

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About the Author

Dermot Cavanagh is Senior Lecturer in English. Alan Gillis teaches creative writing as well as modern and contemporary poetry. Michelle Keown is Lecturer in English Literature and specialises in Postcolonial literature and theory, particularly that of the Pacific region. James Loxley works on Renaissance and early modern poetry and drama. Randall Stevenson is Professor of 20th-Century Literature. All are at the University of Edinburgh.

From the Back Cover

***AUTHOR APPROVED*** The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature 2nd Edition Edited by Dermot Cavanagh, Alan Gillis, Michelle Keown, James Loxley and Randall Stevenson New edition of this established guide to studying literature This second edition includes three new chapters: Reading, Writing an Essay, and Reflecting. Each focuses on the 'how to' element when studying literature, and covers issues such as avoiding plagiarism, and preparing 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 an unbeatable resource: 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: - three new chapters: 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 All editors and contributors are current or recent members of the University of Edinburgh's Department of English Literature, which celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2012. Cover image: World of books by Viorika Prikhodko Photography (c) iStockphoto Cover design: www.hayesdesign.co.uk [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com

Edition details

• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0748691324
• ISBN 13: 9780748691326
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Cavanagh Dermot, Gillis Alan, Keown Michelle, Loxley James, Stevenson Randall