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"A useful collection of critical essays about the study of modern literature in English."--Virginia Quarterly Review
"An intelligent and useful sampling of recent reflections on literature. A good text for introductory courses at either the undergraduate or graduate level."--Steven Rendall, University of Oregon
"Fills a need that has long been felt by teachers of courses in criticism and theory: an introductory selection of readings in, and a clear schematization of, the key debates in the discipline at present."--D.G. Myers, Texas A&M University
"An excellent selection of materials."--Volek Emil, Arizona State University
"A very useful text."--Gregory W. Bredbeck, University of California, Riverside
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"An intelligent and useful sampling of recent reflections on literature. A good text for introductory courses at either the undergraduate or graduate level."--Steven Rendall, University of Oregon
"Fills a need that has long been felt by teachers of courses in criticism and theory: an introductory selection of readings in, and a clear schematization of, the key debates in the discipline at present."--D.G. Myers, Texas A&M University
"An excellent selection of materials."--Volek Emil, Arizona State University
"A very useful text."--Gregory W. Bredbeck, University of California, Riverside
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This text offers a unique combination of British, European, American and Post-Colonial perspectives on literary study from the 1920s to the present day. Carefully introduced and arranged to highlight the development of debates, it is designed to engage newcomers to the field with some of the main themes and issues that will concern them as readers of modern literary texts of all genres. The book provides material that is exciting, original, and above all accessible, rather than simply representative of a certain critical approach. It includes the views of leading critics such as Terry Eagleton, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Umberto Eco and Paul de Man, as well as the originating voices of writers such as Bertolt Brecht, Jean-Paul Sartre, Toni Morrison and Salman Rushdie. In the second edition, there is an increased focus on questions of gender and identity and on recent debates, such as 'Literature and Nation' and 'Literature and Value'. The reach and relevance of the book has been extended, taking a more international voice, focusing on American and European writers and critics.
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The main purpose of this section is to establish the origin and nature of the debate about what constitutes the subject of literary studies in English today it also provides a model for the sections which follow, setting up a position which is then debated, explicitly or implicitly, by the extracts that follow-the whole section anticipating later sections and debates. Read the first page
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The main purpose of this section is to establish the origin and nature of the debate about what constitutes the subject of literary studies in English today it also provides a model for the sections which follow, setting up a position which is then debated, explicitly or implicitly, by the extracts that follow-the whole section anticipating later sections and debates. Read the first page
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