This fantastic range of fiction for Shared Guided & Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over & over again Gaelic & Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series ...

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared Guided & Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over & over again Gaelic & Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series ...

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared Guided & Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over & over again Gaelic & Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series ...

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared Guided & Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over & over again Gaelic & Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series ...

This fantastic range of fiction for Shared Guided & Independent reading gives you stories your children will love to read over & over again Gaelic & Scottish teaching support also accompanies this reading series ...

Are you tough enough & smart enough to solve these 93 Hangman puzzles? They'll challenge your skills to the utmost Each page features one puzzle & each puzzle has the 26 letters of the alphabet accompanied by silver circles to scratch off Choose the letter you want give it a rub & you'll see if it's in the puzzle & where But watch out six misses & you're hanged! ...

First published in 2003 Literary Life became an instant classic as readers (and writers) delighted in watching Posy Simmonds skewer the pains & pretensions of the writer's (and reader's) calling with her inimitable flair for witty satire & sharp social observation 112 pages Simmonds Posy ...

The new edition of this bestselling literary theory anthology has been thoroughly updated to include influential texts from innovative new areas including disability studies eco-criticism & ethics Covers all the major schools & methods that make up the dynamic field of literary theory from Formalism to Postcolonialism Expanded to include work from Stuart Hall Sara Ahmed & Lauren Berlant Pedagogically enhanced with detailed editorial introductions & a comprehensive glossary of terms ...

What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature & culture? In fact what is literature & does it matter? These are some of questions addressed by Jonathan Culler in this Very Short Introduction to literary theory Often a controversial subject said to have transformed the study of culture & society in the past two decades literary theory is accused of undermining respect for tradition & truth & encouraging suspicion about the political & psychological implications of cultural projects rather than admiration for great literature Here Jonathan Culler explains 'theory' not by describing warring 'schools' but by sketching key 'moves' theory has encouraged & speaking directly about the implications of theory for thinking about literature human identity & the power of language In this new edition Culler takes a look at new material including the 'death of theory' the links between the theory of narrative & cognitive science trauma theory ecocriticism &

Includes:: a new chapter on ' Ethics & aesthetics' This lucid introduction is useful for anyone who has wondered what all the fuss is about or who wants to think about literature today ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable

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' Literature is not innocent' stated Georges Bataille in this extraordinary 1957 collection of essays arguing that only by acknowledging its complicity with the knowledge of evil can literature communicate fully & intensely These literary profiles of eight authors & their work including Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du Mal & the writings of Sade Kafka & Sartre explore subjects such as violence eroticism childhood myth & transgression in a work of rich allusion & powerful argument ...