Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle

An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. A breath of fresh air in a field that can often seem dry and dauntingly theoretical, this book will open the reader's eyes to the exhilarating possibilities of reading and studying literature.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 540
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000834369
• Artikelnr.: 67444104

Autorenporträt

Andrew Bennett is Professor of English at the University of Bristol. He publishes on Romantic and twentieth-century literature and on literary theory. His books include This Thing Called Literature (2015, co-authored with Nicholas Royle), Suicide Century: Literature and Suicide from James Joyce to David Foster Wallace (2017), Ignorance: Literature and Agnoiology (2009) and The Author (2005).

Nicholas Royle is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Sussex. He is author of many critical books, including Veering: A Theory of Literature (2011) and How to Read Shakespeare (2014), as well as novels such as An English Guide to Birdwatching (2017) and memoirs, most recently David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine (2023).

Inhaltsangabe

Alternative Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
How to Read This Book
Trigger Warning and Spoiler Alert
1. The Beginning
2. Literature
3. Readers and Reading
4. The Author
5. The Text and the World
6. The Uncanny
7. Monuments
8. Narrative
9. Character
10. Voice
11. Figures and Tropes
12. Creative Writing
13. Feelings
14. Loss
15. Laughter
16. The Tragic
17. Wounds
18. History
19. Me
20. Eco
21. Animals
22. Human
23. Ghosts
24. Body
25. Moving Pictures
26. Sexual Difference
27. God
28. Ideology
29. Love
30. Desire
31. Queer
32. Suspense
33. Racial Difference
34. Migrant
35. The Colony
36. Mutant
37. The Performative
38. Secrets
39. Pleasure
40. War
41. The End
Glossary
A Note on Texts Used
Literary Works Discussed
Bibliography of Critical and Theoretical Works
Index