Robert Eaglestone, With Jonathan Beecher Field

Studying English

A Guide for Literature Students

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Studying English presents the ideas and debates that shape how we study English today, covering arguments about the value of literature, the canon, Shakespeare, theory, politics and the future of the subject.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 166
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 203mm x 132mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 281g
• ISBN-13: 9780415837255
• ISBN-10: 0415837251
• Artikelnr.: 41754498

Autorenporträt

Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK. Jonathan Beecher Field is Associate Professor of English at Clemson University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
List of figures
A Note for Students
Chapter 1 Studying English
Chapter 2 Where did English come from?
Chapter 3 Studying English Today
Chapter 4 English and 'disciplinary consciousness'
Chapter 5 Critical attitudes
Chapter 6 Literature, value and the canon
Chapter 7 Castle Shakespeare
Chapter 8 The author is dead?
Chapter 9 Metaphors and figures of speech
Chapter 10 Narrative and closure
Chapter 11 Creative writing and critical rewriting
Chapter 12 English, identity and politics
Chapter 13 Why study English?
Conclusion
Further Reading