Eaglestone, Robert, 1968-

Doing English : a guide for literature students / Robert Eaglestone. - Fourth edition. - 1 online resource (198 pages)

part Part 1 How We Read -- chapter 1 Studying English -- chapter 2 Where did English come from? -- chapter 3 Studying English today -- chapter 4 The discipline of English -- chapter 5 Critical attitudes -- part Part 2 What We Read -- chapter 6 Literature, value and the canon -- chapter 7 Castle Shakespeare -- part Part 3 Reading, writing and meaning -- chapter 8 The author is dead? How important is the author in deciding what a work -- chapter 9 Metaphors and figures of speech -- chapter 10 Narrative and closure -- chapter 11 Creative writing and critical rewriting -- part Part 4 English and you -- chapter 12 English, politics and identity -- chapter 13 Why study English?.

9781315175690 9781351707510

10.4324/9781315175690 doi


English literature--Study and teaching (Higher)--Great Britain
English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.
English literature--Outlines, syllabi, etc.


Electronic books

PR51.G7 / E24 2017