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Literature in English: How and Why is an accessible guide for
students. It deals with the fundamental concepts of literary form
and genre; the history of English-language literature from the
medieval period to the present; relations between the study of
literature and other disciplines; literary theory; researching a
topic; and writing a paper. This new edition contains a brand new
chapter which takes literary theory to another level, using it to
link literature to the issues that concern us most, whether in our
own lives or in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The book
has also been fully updated throughout, with significant additions
to the introduction and further reading sections. Overall,
Literature in English: * Grounds the study of literature throughout
by referencing a selection of well-known novels, plays and poems *
Examines the central questions that readers ask when confronting
literary texts, and shows how these make literary theory meaningful
and necessary * Links British, American and postcolonial literature
into a coherent whole * Discusses film as literature and provides
the basic conceptual tools needed to study film within a
literature-course framework * Places particular emphasis on
interdisciplinarity by examining the connections between the study
of literature and other disciplines * Links literary theory to
current global challenges, placing special emphasis on new and
evolving approaches such as ecocriticism, new materialism and the
spatial turn * Provides extensive guidance on further reading.
Written in a clear and engaging style, this is an essential guide
for literature students around the world.
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Dickens and Modernity (Hardcover)
Juliet John; Contributions by Carrie Sickmann, Dominic Rainsford, Florian Schweizer, Holly Furneaux, …
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Essays exploring the ways in which Dickens' vision is both so much
of its time, and yet has so much resonance for today. The scale of
the 2012 bicentenary celebrations of Dickens's birth is testimony
to his status as one of the most globally popular literary authors
the world has ever seen. Yet Dickens has also become associated in
the public imagination with a particular version of the Victorian
past and with respectability. His continued cultural prominence and
the "brand recognition" achieved by his image and images suggest
that his vision reaches out beyond the Victorianperiod. Yet what is
the relationship between Dickens and the modern world? Do his works
offer a consoling version of the past or are they attuned to that
state of uncertainty and instability we associate with the nebulous
but resonant concept of modernity? This volume positions Dickens as
both a literary and a cultural icon with a complex relationship to
the cultural landscape in his own period and since. It seeks to
demonstrate that oppositions which have pervaded approaches to
Dickens - Victorian vs modern, artist vs entertainer, culture vs
commerce - are false, by exploring the diversity and multiplicity
of Dickens's textual and extra-textual lives. A specially
commissioned Afterword by Florian Schweizer, Director of the
Dickens 2012 celebrations, offers a fascinating insight into the
shaping of this year-long public programme of commemoration of
Dickens. Like the volume as a whole, it asks us toconsider the
nature of our connection with "this quintessentially Victorian
writer" and what it is about Dickens that still appeals to people
around the world. Professor Juliet John holds the Hildred Carlile
Chair of English Literature, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Contributors: Jay Clayton, Holly Furneaux, John Drew, Michaela
Mahlberg, Juliet John, Michael Hollington, Joss Marsh, Carrie
Sickmann, Kim Edwardes Keates, DominicRainsford, Florian Schweizer
Literature in English: How and Why is an accessible guide for
students. It deals with the fundamental concepts of literary form
and genre; the history of English-language literature from the
medieval period to the present; relations between the study of
literature and other disciplines; literary theory; researching a
topic; and writing a paper. This new edition contains a brand new
chapter which takes literary theory to another level, using it to
link literature to the issues that concern us most, whether in our
own lives or in the UN's Sustainable Development Goals. The book
has also been fully updated throughout, with significant additions
to the introduction and further reading sections. Overall,
Literature in English: * Grounds the study of literature throughout
by referencing a selection of well-known novels, plays and poems *
Examines the central questions that readers ask when confronting
literary texts, and shows how these make literary theory meaningful
and necessary * Links British, American and postcolonial literature
into a coherent whole * Discusses film as literature and provides
the basic conceptual tools needed to study film within a
literature-course framework * Places particular emphasis on
interdisciplinarity by examining the connections between the study
of literature and other disciplines * Links literary theory to
current global challenges, placing special emphasis on new and
evolving approaches such as ecocriticism, new materialism and the
spatial turn * Provides extensive guidance on further reading.
Written in a clear and engaging style, this is an essential guide
for literature students around the world.
The question of ethics has dominated recent developments within the
humanities. This volume brings together the most recent theories of
ethics and reading and applies them to a wide variety of literary
texts. Ethical and literary issues explored by the contributors
include biography, sensibility, national identity, feminism,
postcolonialism, religion, subjectivity and stylistics. Literary
authors and philosophers/theorists discussed range from Shakespeare
and Mary Shelley to Michele Roberts and Salman Rushdie, and from
Kant and Coleridge to Derrida and Levinas.
The question of ethics has dominated recent developments within the
humanities. This volume brings together the most recent theories of
ethics and reading and applies them to a wide variety of literary
texts. Ethical and literary issues explored by the contributors
include biography, sensibility, national identity, feminism,
postcolonialism, religion, subjectivity and stylistics. Literary
authors and philosophers/theorists discussed range from Shakespeare
and Mary Shelley to Michele Roberts and Salman Rushdie, and from
Kant and Coleridge to Derrida and Levinas.
The current resurgence of ethics in the beleaguered humanities
reflects an increasing anxiety about the value and utility of
critical/philosophical debate in the wake of poststructuralism.
This book addresses this 'return to ethics' in relation to a wide
variety of theories and texts. It covers substantial areas of
ethical debate, particularly in relation to queer politics,
biography, history, postmodernism, atrocity literature,
utilitarianism, pedagogy and the philosophy of science. Theorists
discussed in the volume include Rorty, Heidegger, Levinas, Mill,
Lyotard, Leavis, Kuhn, Davidson, Nussbaum and Freud.
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