An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and TheoryA new edition of one of the market leading texts for those interested in critical theory and its effect on our reading of the English literary canon. Renowned for its accessible, witty style, the new edition is updated throughout and contains four new chapters to reflect the continuing development of the subject. * The key elements of this book that make it so popular are its clear, highly accessible articulation of ideas, the wide range of texts used as illustrative examples, and its witty, humourous style. * Number 1 textbook on our Literature list. * Literary Theory & Criticism is the only major, core course in English departments - every Literature student will study it. * A new chapter on Creative Writing - currently the biggest 'growth area' in the Humanities in the UK. |
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Page 73
... dead person's voice but in some sense transfers the call to us in turn . The poem functions as a kind of strange textual switchboard . Again , we can respond to the poem in quite straightforward terms - it is a poem about someone who is ...
... dead person's voice but in some sense transfers the call to us in turn . The poem functions as a kind of strange textual switchboard . Again , we can respond to the poem in quite straightforward terms - it is a poem about someone who is ...
Page 83
... dead metaphor , a metaphor which has become so common that its identity as figurative has largely been lost : dead metaphors are Nietzsche's worn coins of language . We can say ' I was literally run off my feet ' without recognizing ...
... dead metaphor , a metaphor which has become so common that its identity as figurative has largely been lost : dead metaphors are Nietzsche's worn coins of language . We can say ' I was literally run off my feet ' without recognizing ...
Page 133
... dead , revenant , the dead returned to a kind of spectral existence - an entity not alive but also not quite , not finally , dead . Ghosts disturb our sense of the separation of the living from the dead - which is why they can be so ...
... dead , revenant , the dead returned to a kind of spectral existence - an entity not alive but also not quite , not finally , dead . Ghosts disturb our sense of the separation of the living from the dead - which is why they can be so ...
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An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory Andrew Bennett,Nicholas Royle No preview available - 2004 |
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