Understanding Literature - Couverture rigide

Mayhead, Robin

 
9780521057059: Understanding Literature
Couverture rigide
ISBN 10 : 0521057051 ISBN 13 : 9780521057059
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1965

Synopsis

In this book, originally published in 1965, Mr Mayhead provided a companion to Professor Ludowyk's Understanding Shakespeare. It is an introduction to the reading and study of English literature: not an historical summary, but an attempt to say why literature is important, how it works, and how it can be approached, in the hope that this would lead to understanding and enjoyment as well as examination success. The first chapter treats literature as the source and guardian of the vitality of the language, and as an important means of extending our own experience. The second chapter faces the great bugbear of 'background knowledge' - so daunting to the non-English reader, and even to the English. Then Mr Mayhead approaches the various literary minds, always working through detailed analyses. There are chapters on novels, how they work, what they do, and how to grasp the novelist's central purpose, and also two chapters on poetry.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

In this book, originally published in 1965, Mr Mayhead provided a companion to Professor Ludowyk's Understanding Shakespeare. It is an introduction to the reading and study of English literature: not an historical summary, but an attempt to say why literature is important, how it works, and how it can be approached, in the hope that this would lead to understanding and enjoyment as well as examination success. The first chapter treats literature as the source and guardian of the vitality of the language, and as an important means of extending our own experience. The second chapter faces the great bugbear of 'background knowledge' - so daunting to the non-English reader, and even to the English. Then Mr Mayhead approaches the various literary minds, always working through detailed analyses. There are chapters on novels, how they work, what they do, and how to grasp the novelist's central purpose, and also two chapters on poetry.

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
1965
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521057051
ISBN 13 
9780521057059
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
196
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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ISBN 10 :  0521092825 ISBN 13 :  9780521092821
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010
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