50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know

50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to Know
ISBN-10
1849165653
ISBN-13
9781849165655
Category
Literary Criticism
Pages
208
Language
English
Published
2011-01-06
Publisher
Hachette UK
Author
John Sutherland

Description

Literature suffers from appearing both deceptively easy and dauntingly difficult. We all like to think we can read a novel and understand what 'genre', 'style' and 'narrative' mean, but do we really understand them fully and how they can enrich our reading experience? How should we approach the works of great writers such as William Shakespeare, T.S. Eliot, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen? 50 Literature Ideas you Really Need to Know provides a clear, opinionated and thorough overview of literary theories from the apparently familiar to the decidedly unfamiliar. Packed with insights and examples from both classic and popular works, it is a book that will delight anyone who has ever been mystified by literary jargon and wants to gain a deeper enjoyment of reading and writing.

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