Containing over 970 alphabetically arranged entries, this encyclopaedia surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of the 20th century. Examining both high culture and popular culture, and encompassing the more institutional as well as alternative aspects of British culture (from architecture to pubs, film to internet and current takes on the monarchy), the Encyclopedia casts its net over the whole range of British contemporary life. These entries provide insight into a culture which is dynamic, eclectic and in a constant state of flux. A comprehensive system of...
Containing over 970 alphabetically arranged entries, this encyclopaedia surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of the 20th ce...
Until now, most teaching has focused on the novel as the most useful way of raising issues of gender, ethnicity, theory, nationality, politics and social class. In The Twentieth Century in Poetry Peter Childs places literature in a wider social context and demonstrates that all poetry is historically produced and consumed and is part of our understanding of society and identity. This student-friendly critical survey includes chapters on: * the Georgians * First World War poetry * Eliot * Yeats * the thirties * post-war poetry * contemporary...
Until now, most teaching has focused on the novel as the most useful way of raising issues of gender, ethnicity, theory, nationality, politics and soc...
This text examines both English poetry through the events of the 20th century and British history through its representations in recent poetry. It builds a narrative not of poetry in the 20th century but of the 20th century in poetry. A high proportion of literature courses include an exploration of the issues of gender, ethnicity, theory, nationality, politics and social class. But until now most teaching has focused on the novel as the most useful way of raising these issues. Peter Childs demonstrates that all poetry is historically produced and consumed and is part of our understanding of...
This text examines both English poetry through the events of the 20th century and British history through its representations in recent poetry. It bui...
Perhaps E.M. Forster's most challenging work, A Passage to India has, since 1924, provoked debate on topics from imperialism to modernism to ethnicity, sexuality and symbolism. This sourcebook introduces not only the novel but the key issues which surround it. The sourcebook offers: a contextual and biographical overview, with a chronology of important dates; contemporary reviews key extracts from Forster's relevant essays, books and articles; a summary of the work's critical history; substantial contemporary essays by important critics of the novel; a consideration of film and television...
Perhaps E.M. Forster's most challenging work, A Passage to India has, since 1924, provoked debate on topics from imperialism to modernism to ethnicity...
Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most inventive and important contemporary writers. Also adapted as a film, his novel Enduring Love (1997) is a tale of obsession that has both troubled and enthralled readers around the world. Renowned author Peter Childs explores the intricacies of this haunting novel to offer:
an accessible introduction to the text and contexts of Enduring Love
a critical history, surveying the many interpretations of the text from publication to the present
a selection of new and reprinted critical essays on Enduring...
Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most inventive and important contemporary writers. Also adapted as a film, his novel Enduring Love (1997) i...
A twenty-first century version of Roger Fowler s 1973 Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms, this latest edition of TheRoutledge Dictionary of Literary Terms is the most up-to-date guide to critical and theoretical concepts available to students of literature at all levels.
With over forty newly commissioned entries, this essential reference book includes:
an exhaustive range of entries, covering such topics as genre, form, cultural theory and literary technique
new definitions of contemporary critical issues such as...
A twenty-first century version of Roger Fowler s 1973 Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms, this latest edition of TheRoutled...
Unlike other readers, this book takes eight important literary texts and provides some of the most significant post-colonial readings of them published in the last fifteen years. Topics include cannibalism, slavery, the harem, missionary work, gender, nationalism and the Rushdie affair. The book offers practical examples of applying theoretical arguments to specific texts.
Unlike other readers, this book takes eight important literary texts and provides some of the most significant post-colonial readings of them publishe...
Being able to analyse different types of text is an essential skill for students of literature. Texts is a new kind of book which shows students how to use literary theory to approach a wide range of literary, cultural and media texts of the kind studied on today's courses. These texts range from short stories, autobiographies, political speeches, websites and lyrics to films such as The Matrix and Harry Potter and from television's Big Brother to shopping malls, celebrities, and rock videos.Each chapter combines an introduction to the text and aspects of its critical reception with an...
Being able to analyse different types of text is an essential skill for students of literature. Texts is a new kind of book which shows students how t...
This book introduces students to a range of critical approaches to McEwan's fiction. Criticism is drawn from selections in academic essays and articles, and reviews in newspapers, journals, magazines and websites, with editorial comment providing context, drawing attention to key points and identifying differences in critical perspectives. The book also includes selections from published interviews with Ian McEwan.
This book introduces students to a range of critical approaches to McEwan's fiction. Criticism is drawn from selections in academic essays and article...
Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most established, and controversial, writers. This book introduces students to a range of critical approaches to McEwan's fiction.
Ian McEwan is one of Britain's most established, and controversial, writers. This book introduces students to a range of critical approaches to McEwan...
