Landmarks in English literature

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gaskell, Philip, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English literature.

English literature--Study and teaching.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] Edinburgh University Press 1998

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A comprehensive guide to writers and their works which helps people understand where the books they read belong in the history and development of literature, see how they work technically, and appreciate them more fully. This comprehensive survey of writers and their works gives you a 'good reading guide' of important books from Chaucer to T. S. Eliot, and clear explanations of the history and techniques of fiction, poetry and drama. Full of insights from the author's many years of teaching, the book ends with an appendix on creative writing as a way of learning about literature, and an annotated bibliography. This is an ideal first-stop for students, readers and adult learners needing an accessible and informed introduction to the joys of literature.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

A Note on Texts

Chapter 1 The Literary Canon

Chapter 2 Fiction

Chapter 3 Poetry

Chapter 4 Drama

Appendix Creative Writing - Creative Reading

Annotated Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

ISBN:

0-585-15912-2

OCLC:

1312726169