William Whitla

The English Handbook

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The English Handbook is a comprehensive new text providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills at all levels. The Handbook features coverage of all key areas, from sonnets to irony to close textual analysis. Unprecedented in bringing within one volume a combination of traditional and contemporary methods for literary analysis of fiction, drama and poetry, this is a uniquely practical reference tool. With a perfect balance of academic rigor and essential practical information, this text is accessible, wide-ranging manual, and indispensable.

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The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies is a comprehensive textbook, providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills for literature students at all levels. With advice and information on fundamental methods of literary analysis and research, Whitla equips students with the knowledge and tools essential for advanced literary study. * Includes traditional close reading strategies integrated with newer critical theory, ranging from gender and genre to post-structuralism and post-colonialism; with examples from Beowulf to Atwood, folk ballads to Fugard, and Christopher Marlowe to Conrad's Marlow * Draws on a wide range of resources, from print to contemporary electronic media * Supplies a companion website with chapter summaries, charts, examples, web links, and suggestions for further study

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons / Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 360
• Erscheinungstermin: September 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 751g
• ISBN-13: 9781405183765
• ISBN-10: 1405183764
• Artikelnr.: 27659701

Autorenporträt

William Whitla is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar in English and Humanities at York University in Toronto. He has published The Central Truth (on Robert Browning), Essays and Reviews (on Victorian literature and religion, with Victor Shea), and Foundations (on critical thinking and writing, also with Victor Shea).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface List of Abbreviations PART I: Introduction 1. What is English and
What is Literature? PART II: Foundational Skills 2. Reading English: From
Opening a Book to Critical Analysis 3. Library Research and Scholarly
Method 4. Writing in English Studies PART III The Major Genres 5. Drama 6.
Prose Fiction 7. Poetry PART IV: Theory 8 Language and Literary Studies 9.
Recent Critical Practice 10. The Politics of Reading: Gender, Class, and
Ethnicity Conclusion Further Reading Web Pages of Interest References Index