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Title:

The Edinburgh introduction to studying English literature.

Edition:

Second edition / edited by Dermot Cavanagh, Alan Gillis, Michelle Keown, James Loxley and Randall Stevenson.

Publisher:

Edinburgh University Press,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

viii, 261 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subject:

English literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--Great Britain.
English literature--Theory, etc.--Theory, etc.

Other Authors:

Cavanagh, Dermot, 1963- editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2001002641
Gillis, Alan A., editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2001060634
Keown, Michelle, 1972- editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2004028615
Loxley, James, 1968- editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97031871
Stevenson, Randall, editor. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85290482

Notes:

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 Chakraborti -- 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 / Suzanne Trill -- Reading / Anna Vaninskaya -- Writing an essay / David Farrier -- Reflecting / Paul Crosthwaite.

ISBN:

0748691324
9780748691326

OCLC:

(OCoLC)870425173

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)