Reader's Guide to Literature in English
Title | Reader's Guide to Literature in English PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Hawkins-Dady |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 1024 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Reference |
ISBN | 1135314179 |
Reader's Guide Literature in English provides expert guidance to, and critical analysis of, the vast number of books available within the subject of English literature, from Anglo-Saxon times to the current American, British and Commonwealth scene. It is designed to help students, teachers and librarians choose the most appropriate books for research and study.
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
Title | The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English PDF eBook |
Author | Dominic Head |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 1241 |
Release | 2006-01-26 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0521831792 |
This illustrated and fully updated Third Edition of The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English is the most authoritative and international survey of world literature in English available. The Guide covers everything from Old English to contemporary writing from all over the English-speaking world. There are entries on writers from Britain and Ireland, the USA, Canada, India, Africa, South Africa, New Zealand, the South Pacific and Australia, as well as on many important poems, novels, literary journals and plays. This new edition has been brought completely up to date with more than 280 new author entries, most of them for living authors. The general reader will find it fascinating to browse and to discover many new writers and works, while students will find it an invaluable resource for daily use. This is a unique work of reference for the twenty-first century that no reader or library should be without.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature
Title | The Complete Idiot's Guide to English Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Jay Stevenson |
Publisher | Penguin |
Total Pages | 354 |
Release | 2007 |
Genre | English literature |
ISBN | 9781592576562 |
A Family of Readers
Title | A Family of Readers PDF eBook |
Author | Martha V. Parravano |
Publisher | Candlewick Press |
Total Pages | 368 |
Release | 2012-10-09 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 0763662178 |
Two of the most trusted reviewers in the field join with top authors, illustrators, and critics in a definitive guide to choosing books for children—and nurturing their love of reading. A FAMILY OF READERS is the definitive resource for parents interested in enriching the reading lives of their children. It’s divided into four sections: 1. Reading to Them: Choosing and sharing board books and picture books with babies and very young children. 2. Reading with Them: Launching the new reader with easy readers and chapter books. 3. Reading on Their Own: Exploring what children read—and how they read—by genre and gender. 4. Leaving Them Alone: Respecting the reading privacy of the young adult. Roger Sutton knows how and why children read. He must, as the editor in chief of THE HORN BOOK, which since 1924 has been America’s best source for reviews of books for young readers. But for many parents, selecting books for their children can make them feel lost. Now, in this essential resource, Roger Sutton and Martha V. Parravano, executive editor at the magazine, offer thoughtful essays that consider how books are read to (and then by) young people. They invite such leading authors and artists as Maurice Sendak, Katherine Paterson, Margaret Mahy, and Jon Scieszka, as well as a selection of top critics, to add their voices about the genres they know best. The result is an indispensable readers’ companion to everything from wordless board books to the most complex and daring young adult novels.
The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation
Title | The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation PDF eBook |
Author | Peter France |
Publisher | OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | 680 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 0198183593 |
"The Guide offers both an essential reference work for students of English and comparative literature and a stimulating overview of literary translation in English."--BOOK JACKET.
Studying English Literature
Title | Studying English Literature PDF eBook |
Author | Tory Young |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | 184 |
Release | 2008-05-22 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 9781139472203 |
Studying English Literature is a unique guide for undergraduates beginning to study the discipline of literature and those who are thinking of doing so. Unlike books that provide a survey of literary history or non-subject specific manuals that offer rigid guidelines on how to write essays, Studying English Literature invites students to engage with the subject's history and theory whilst at the same time offering information about reading, researching and writing about literature within the context of a university. The book is practical yet not patronizing: for example, whilst the discussion of plagiarism provides clear guidelines on how not to commit this offence, it also considers the difficulties students experience finding their own 'voice' when writing and provokes reflection on the value of originality and the concepts of adaptation, appropriation and intertextuality in literature. Above all, the book prizes the idea of argument rather than insisting upon formulaic essay plans, and gives many ways of finding something to say as you read and when you write, in chapters on Reading, Argument, Essays, Sentences and References.
The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors
Title | The Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors PDF eBook |
Author | Laura Miller |
Publisher | Penguin (Non-Classics) |
Total Pages | 486 |
Release | 2000 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN |
"An all-original, A-to-Z guide to 225 of the most fascinating writers of our time, penned by an international cast of talented young critics and reviewers."--Cover.