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.
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