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The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies
William Whitla
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Description for The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies
Paperback. The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies is a comprehensive new textbook providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills for literature students at all levels. The Handbook features coverage of all key areas, from sonnets to irony to close textual analysis. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies is a comprehensive textbook, providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills for literature students at all levels.
With advice and information on fundamental methods of literary analysis and research, Whitla equips students with the knowledge and tools essential for advanced literary study.
- Includes traditional close reading strategies integrated with newer critical theory, ranging from gender and genre to post-structuralism and post-colonialism; with examples from Beowulf to Atwood, folk ballads to Fugard, and Christopher Marlowe to Conrad’s Marlow
- Draws on a wide range of resources, from print to contemporary electronic media
- Supplies a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405183758
SKU
V9781405183758
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About William Whitla
William Whitla is Professor Emeritus and Senior Scholar in English and Humanities at York University in Toronto. He has published The Central Truth (on Robert Browning, 1963), Essays and Reviews (on Victorian literature and religion, with Victor Shea, 2000), and Foundations: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing (also with Victor Shea, 2001 and 2005).
Reviews for The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies
“It would certainly be helpful to students to have multiple copies available in their academic libraries.” (Reference Reviews, 2012)