Literary Terms & Criticism has long been established as the best-selling guide to the study of English literature. It offers a comprehensive introduction to English poetry drama & the novel complete with practical advice & tips on how to analyse texts & how to make sense of the critical terms we employ in discussing literature. It is also the clearest & most useful of all guides to modern critical theory. There are entries on all aspects of critical thinking ranging from traditional criticism through to postcolonialism & cultural materialism. This new edition also contains updated material a revised further reading list & additional discussion of critical terms & approaches. In so doing it remains the indispensable guide
- providing you with the vital starting-point for whatever text you are studying & giving you ideas you can draw on throughout your course.
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A quarter of a century on from its original publication Literary Theory: An Introduction still conjures the subversion excitement & exoticism that characterized theory through the 1960s & 70s when it posed an unprecedented challenge to the literary establishment. Eagleton has added a new preface to this anniversary edition to address more recent developments in literary studies including what he describes as the growth of a kind of anti-theory" & the idea that literary theory has been institutionalized. Insightful & enlightening Literary Theory: An Introduction remains the essential guide to the field. 25th Anniversary Edition of Terry Eagletons classic introduction to literary theory First published in 1983 & revised in 1996 to include material on developments in feminist & cultural theory Has served as an inspiration to generations of students & teachers Continues to function as arguably the definitive undergraduate textbook on literary theory Reissue

Includes:: a new foreword by Eagleton himself reflecting on the impact & enduring success of the book & on developments in literary theory since it was first published"

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Michael Ryan's Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction Second Edition introduces students to the full range of contemporary approaches to the study of literature & culture from Formalism Structuralism & Historicism to Ethnic Studies Gender Studies & Global English. * Introduces readings from a variety of theoretical perspectives on classic literary texts. * Demonstrates how the varying perspectives on texts can lead to different interpretations of the same work. * Contains an accessible account of different theoretical approaches * An ideal resource for use in introductory courses on literary theory & criticism. * Designed to function both as a st&-alone text & a companion to Rivkin & Ryan's Literary Theory: An Anthology Second Edition. ...

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics & genres. The Literature of Love is designed to introduce students to one of the central themes in literature. Focusing first on different types & aspects of love
- physical emotional spiritual
- it then offers a chronological coverage aiming to illustrate ways in which attitudes to the representation of love in literature have evolved from Chaucer to the present time. Other sections of the book examine particular genres such as the love sonnet the love letter & 'romantic' fiction; & the differing reception of this literature over time is also considered. The book

Includes:: extracts from & a discussion of a range of authors including Chaucer Lady Mary Wroth Shakespeare Jane Austen Thomas Hardy & Tony Kushner.



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We are on the cusp of a reading revolution. Increasingly research is uncovering an intimate connection between reading & wellbeing. The seemingly simple act of being read to brings remarkable health & happiness benefits. It stimulates thought & memory encourages the sharing of ideas & feelings hopes & fears. It enriches our lives & minds. This unique book offers a selection of prose & poetry especially suitable for reading aloud
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Research shows that the seemingly simple act of being read to brings remarkable health & happiness benefits. It stimulates thought & memory encourages the sharing of ideas & feelings hopes & fears. It enriches our lives & minds. This unique book offers a selection of prose & poetry especially suitable for reading aloud to children. It

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The American Government invested millions in Helmand Afghanistan in the 1950s & 1960s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis. It became the largest international development effort after the Marshall Plan. Little America was the name for this specific region first used in the 1940s by Afghanis themselves. Four decades later in 2009 the region was again the focus of the US efforts in the country as waves of Marines descended upon the Helmand River Valley. In this extraordinarily insightful illuminating book Rajiv Chandrasekaran focuses on southern Afghanistan in the year of Obamas surge. Little America is a story of the long arc of American involvement & of the campaign to salvage a victory in southern Afghanistan on Obamas watch. & reveals the epic tug of war that occurred between the president & a military that once on the ground increasingly went its own way. This political battles profound ramifications for the region & the world are laid bare through a cast of fascinating characters
- disillusioned & inept diplomats frustrated soldiers headstrong officers
- who played a part in the process of pumping millions of dollars of American money & soldiers into Afghan nation-building. He addresses the British involvement around Kandahar prior to the arrival of the US Marines & reveals the uneasy
- & at times openly hostile
- relationship between the United States & Britain as they began in 2009 to share responsibility for Helm&. What emerges is a detailed picture of unsavoury compromise
- warlords who were to be marginalised were suddenly embraced the Karzai family transformed from foe to friend fighting corruption no longer a top priority
- & a venture that has become unsustainable in every way: politically financially & strategically. As in his award-winning Imperial Life in the Emerald City by bringing to life a corner of a conflict & Chandrasekaran reveals the bigger story of the war. Has the war in Afghanistan been worth the money spent & bloodshed? Through vivid on-the-ground storytelling Little America takes readers toward an answer in a way no other book on Afghanistan has.





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