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'Thinking About Texts remains a market leader in terms of clarity, depth of engagement and ease of use.' - John Sears, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
'The first edition of Thinking About Texts was a useful and practical volume that introduced students to key issues in literature and language studies. The revisions in the new edition make it an even more valuable teaching tool.' - Rocio Davis, University of Navarra, Spain
'Hopkins's text remains an excellent introduction to English.' - Christine Alexander, University of New South Wales, Australia
'The first edition of Thinking About Texts was a useful and practical volume that introduced students to key issues in literature and language studies. The revisions in the new edition make it an even more valuable teaching tool.' - Rocio Davis, University of Navarra, Spain
'Hopkins's text remains an excellent introduction to English.' - Christine Alexander, University of New South Wales, Australia
Nick Rowe, King Alfred's College of Higher Education
'...a close match to our introductory syllabus - students will find it very helpful.'
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I had to buy this textbook for a module in my English Literature degree called 'Critical Contexts', the course was structured completely round Hopkins' book therefore I had no choice but to read all of it.
I found the author's voice is to be too prominent in his discussion and his narrative style too personal and intrusive. The book is split into five chapters with subsections for each chapter so in that respect it is fairly reader friendly. Questions are proposed in each subjection and it is advised you answer them all to fully engage in the topics. This, I warn takes hours and is not overly rewarding.
I appreciate that literary theory is a very important aspect of literary study however in my opinion this book did not help me to engage with critical theory at all, admittedly the questions make you think but all I kept feeling was how does this relate to literature? On a positive note, the excerpts of literature and critical essays Hopkins has chosen are concise and useful.
Only buy this if your lecturers force you to!
I found the author's voice is to be too prominent in his discussion and his narrative style too personal and intrusive. The book is split into five chapters with subsections for each chapter so in that respect it is fairly reader friendly. Questions are proposed in each subjection and it is advised you answer them all to fully engage in the topics. This, I warn takes hours and is not overly rewarding.
I appreciate that literary theory is a very important aspect of literary study however in my opinion this book did not help me to engage with critical theory at all, admittedly the questions make you think but all I kept feeling was how does this relate to literature? On a positive note, the excerpts of literature and critical essays Hopkins has chosen are concise and useful.
Only buy this if your lecturers force you to!
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