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This Thing Called Literature(1st Edition)
Reading, Thinking, Writing
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 170 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-4082-5401-1, ISBN: 1-4082-5401-8

"What is this thing called literature What is the point of studying literature How do I study literature Relating literature to timeless topics such as dreams politics life death the ordinary and the crazy this beautifully written book establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and rewarding subject to study Bennett and Royle delicately weave an essential love of literature into an account of what literary texts do how ..."






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory(4th Edition)
(Paperback)
by Dr Andrew Bennett, Prof Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 392 Pages, Published 2009 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-4058-5914-1, ISBN: 1-4058-5914-8

" Praise for An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory ‘Sparkling, enthusiastic, and admirably well-informed'        -    HélèneCixous 'By far the best introduction we have, bar none.  This unmatched book is for everyone: from those beginning literary study, through advanced students, and up to teachers; even those who, like me, have been professing literature for years and years'        -    J. Hillis Miller, UCI Distinguished ..."






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory(5th Edition)
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Digital, 441 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-31312-0, ISBN: 1-317-31312-7

"Starting at ‘the beginning’ and concluding with ‘the end’, the book covers topics that range from the familiar (‘character’, ‘narrative’, ‘the author’) to the more unusual (‘secrets’, ‘pleasure’, ‘ghosts’). This new edition incorporates five new chapters on ‘love’, ‘wounds’, ‘bodies’, ‘the affect effect’ and a ‘digital supplement’. Instead of relying on abstract ‘isms’, Bennett and Royle successfully illuminate complex ideas by engaging ..."






Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel
Still Lives
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle, Katherine Watson
181 Pages, Published 1994 by Springer
ISBN-13: 978-0-230-37435-5, ISBN: 0-230-37435-2

"Introduction. "Isn't she pretty at all?" 'I'm afraid not.' 'Spotty?" "I'm afraid she is, rather.' "Oh dear, poor little thing.' 'It's horrible," said Julian, lighting her cigarette for her, 'to be talking like this about a child. But she rattles me terribly. I can never just look at her; I always feel as though I were catching her eye.' (TN37–8) This passage of dialogue from To the North is not only an amusing evocation of Julian T ..."






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory(5th Edition)
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Bennett Royle, Professor Nicholas Royle, Nicholas Royle
Paperback, 441 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-11903-1, ISBN: 1-138-11903-2

"Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘The Beginning’ and concluding with ‘The End’, chapters range from the familiar, such as ‘Character’, ‘Narrative’ and ‘The Author’, to the more unusual, such as ‘Secrets’, ‘Pleasure’ and ‘Ghosts’. Now in its fifth edition, Bennett and Royle’s classic textbook successfully illuminates complex i ..."






An Introduction to Literature, Criticsm and Theory(2nd Edition)
by Prof Nicholas Royle, Dr Andrew Bennett
Paperback, 312 Pages, Published 1999 by Prentice Hall
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-010914-9, ISBN: 0-13-010914-2






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
441 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-31311-3, ISBN: 1-317-31311-9

"Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle. complexities involved in a first reading. If the opening to Eliot«s poem refers to Chaucer«s, then when can we properly be said to read ... The present book is, fundamentally, about questions of origins, about beginning. It is concerned with how we might begin to read, to think about and write about literary texts. In particular ... none of which can ever be taken for granted. Neither author nor read ..."






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory(5th Edition)
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Hardcover, 441 Pages, Published 2016 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-11902-4, ISBN: 1-138-11902-4

"Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘The Beginning’ and concluding with ‘The End’, chapters range from the familiar, such as ‘Character’, ‘Narrative’ and ‘The Author’, to the more unusual, such as ‘Secrets’, ‘Pleasure’ and ‘Ghosts’. Now in its fifth edition, Bennett and Royle’s classic textbook successfully illuminates complex i ..."






This Thing Called Literature
Reading, Thinking, Writing
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
170 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-69828-9, ISBN: 1-317-69828-2

"We will attempt to explore these questions in relation to one of the most famous plays of all time, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (first published in 1597). But before we ... An edition of the play that provides detailed commentary and notes is a must: the Arden, the New Cambridge and the Oxford Shakespeare editions are all excellent in this regard. (In the following pages we will rely on the Oxford World's Classics edition of Rom ..."






This Thing Called Literature
Reading, Thinking, Writing
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
160 Pages, Published 2015
ISBN-13: 978-1-322-98356-1, ISBN: 1-322-98356-9






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory(4th Edition)
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Hardcover, 392 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-12711-1, ISBN: 1-138-12711-6

"Fresh, original and compelling, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at 'the beginning' and concluding with 'the end', the book covers topics that range from the familiar (character, narrative, the author) to the more unusual (secrets, pleasure, ghosts). Eschewing abstract isms, Bennett and Royle successfully illuminate ..."






This Thing Called Literature
Reading, Thinking, Writing
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Published 2015
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-69827-2, ISBN: 1-317-69827-4






This Thing Called Literature(1st Edition)
Reading, Thinking, Writing
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Hardcover, 170 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-01925-6, ISBN: 1-138-01925-9

"What is this thing called literature? Why should we study it? And how? Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life, death, the ordinary and the uncanny, this beautifully written book establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and rewarding subject to study. Bennett and Royle delicately weave an essential love of literature into an account of what literary texts do, how they work and what sort of questi ..."






This Thing Called Literature
Reading, Thinking, Writing
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
160 Pages, Published 2015 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-69829-6, ISBN: 1-317-69829-0

"We would suggest that, in the first instance, you avoid contemporary remakes or other modern dramatizations. Film versions of Romeo and Juliet by Franco Zeffirelli (1968) or Baz Luhmann (1996) are brilliant in all sorts of ways, but take you quite a long way from the play Shakespeare wrote. It is easy enough to get hold of the BBC version with Patrick Ryecart, Rebecca Saire, John Gielgud and others (1978, dir. Alvin Rakoff), for ex ..."






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
392 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-86432-5, ISBN: 1-317-86432-8

"'The Uncanny', in Fantasy Literature: An Approach to Reality. London: Macmillan. Aristotle. 1941. The Basic Works of Aristotle, ed. Richard McKeon. New York: Random House. Aristotle. 1965. On the Art of Poetry, in Classical Literary Criticism, Trans. T.S. Dorsch. Harmondsworth: Penguin. Aristotle. 2001. On the Parts of Animals, trans. James G. Lennox. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Armbruster, Karla, and Kathleen R. Wallace, eds. ..."






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
392 Pages, Published 2014 by Routledge
ISBN-13: 978-1-317-86431-8, ISBN: 1-317-86431-X

"Literary texts belong to no particular time, they are universal and transcend history: the historical context of their production and ... of the Age in Relation to Poetry and Religion and The Eighteenth Century Background: Studies on the Idea of Nature in the Thought ... The third model tends to be associated more with traditional historical scholarship than with literary criticism, as it assumes that literary texts ..."






Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Published 2014
ISBN-13: 978-1-283-64945-2, ISBN: 1-283-64945-4






An Introduction to Literature, Criticism, and Theory
Key Critical Concepts
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Hardcover, 224 Pages, Published 1995 by Prentice Hall (Uk)
ISBN-13: 978-0-13-355215-7, ISBN: 0-13-355215-2

"Organized around key critical concepts rather than around schools of criticism, this book is designed as an introduction to the fundamental concepts of literary theory and literary criticism. Each chapter begins by asking fundamental questions about a concept, explaining why such questions are important and relevant for discussions of literary texts, and then goes on to discuss the concept in greater detail with references and text exam ..."






Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel
Still Lives
by Andrew Bennett, Nicholas Royle
Hardcover, 182 Pages, Published 1995 by Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-12048-1, ISBN: 0-312-12048-6

"Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel argues that the Anglo-Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen (1899-1973) is one of the most important, though undervalued, practitioners of the twentieth-century novel in English. This is an innovative study with significant implications for contemporary critical and theoretical writing. The authors contend that Bowen's work calls for a radically new conception of criticism and theory - and of the ..."






Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel
Still Lives
by Andrew Bennett, Professor Nicholas Royle, Stephen Bennett, Katherine Watson
Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 1994 by Palgrave Macmillan
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ISBN-13: 978-0-333-60760-2, ISBN: 0-333-60760-0

"Arguing that Elizabeth Bowen is the unrecognized genius of the 20th century novel in English this book contends that an appropriate response to Bowen s work calls for a radically new conception of criticism and theory and of the novel itself It includes new readings of all Bowen s novels Elizabeth Bowen and the Dissolution of the Novel argues that the Anglo Irish writer Elizabeth Bowen 1899 1973 is one of the most important though under ..."



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