Designed for undergraduate English majors or any undergraduate working on an English essay, this book offers a carefully structured approach to improving essay writing. This short guide focuses on three key strategies for upgrading an English essay: answering the question and making a strong argument, analyzing language and examining literary technique, and discussing genre and considering context. All advice is supported by clear demonstrations that make use of the most commonly studied primary texts and examples from student essays. Written in a lively, humorous, and student-friendly...

Covers the leading works and authors of literature written before World War I and gives the reader an engaging and knowledgeable insight into the books, their writers, and the connections between them. This collection covers Shakespeare and Austen and literary classics such as David Copperfield, Jane Eyre, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Each entry gives a plot summary, an analysis of the major themes, a look at the literary techniques employed by the author and quotes from the original text, as well as a guide to further resources. A full list of authors and a...

Slavoj Zizek is no ordinary philosopher. Approaching critical theory and psychoanalysis in a recklessly entertaining fashion, Zizek's critical eye alights upon a bewildering and exhilarating range of subjects, from the political apathy of contemporary life, to a joke about the man who thinks he's a chicken, from the ethicial heroism of Keanu Reeves in Speed, to what toilet designs reveal about the national psyche. Tony Myers provides a clear and engaging guide to Zizek's key ideas, explaining the main influences on Zizek's thought (most crucially his engagement with Lacanian...

Jack Avery has always had questions about his daughter, Olivia. His intuition has always told him there is more to her than what appears on the surface. In the past, he has always shrugged it off, telling himself it is due to the fact that she was adopted at nine years old.

Jack's marriage is also crumbling. He and his wife, Melissa, seem to be constantly fighting. In his last-ditch effort to save his marriage, Jack agrees to move his family back to his wife's hometown. It is here that strange events start occurring, and the questions surrounding Olivia become stronger.

Jack Avery has always had questions about his daughter, Olivia. His intuition has always told him there is more to her than what appears on the surface. In the past, he has always shrugged it off, telling himself it is due to the fact that she was adopted at nine years old.

Jack's marriage is also crumbling. He and his wife, Melissa, seem to be constantly fighting. In his last-ditch effort to save his marriage, Jack agrees to move his family back to his wife's hometown. It is here that strange events start occurring, and the questions surrounding Olivia become stronger.