How to read literature
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013].
ISBN
9780300190960, 0300190964
Physical Desc
x, 216 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 801 EAGLETO 2013
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013].
Format
Book
Language
English
ISBN
9780300190960, 0300190964

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Includes index.
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Includes index.
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"What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment and aggression?In this accessible and delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a host of others. How to Read Literature is the book of choice for students new to the study of literature and for all other readers interested in deepening their understanding and enriching their reading experience. In a series of brilliant analyses, Eagleton shows how to read with due attention to tone, rhythm, texture, syntax, allusion, ambiguity and other formal aspects of literary works. He also examines broader questions of character, plot, narrative, the creative imagination, the meaning of fictionality, and the tension between what works of literature say and what they show. Unfailingly authoritative and cheerfully opinionated, the author provides useful commentaries on Classicism, Romanticism, Modernism and Postmodernism alongside spellbinding insights into a huge range of authors, from Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Samuel Beckett and J.K. Rowling."--Inside dust jacket.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Eagleton, T. (2013). How to read literature . Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eagleton, Terry, 1943-. 2013. How to Read Literature. Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Eagleton, Terry, 1943-. How to Read Literature Yale University Press, 2013.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Eagleton, Terry. How to Read Literature Yale University Press, 2013.

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