Intended for students, Studying English presents the ideas and debates that shape literary studies in America today. Why? Because if you know what s really going on backstage, you understand more, find it more enjoyable and do better at it. The book covers arguments about criticism and theory, value, the canon, Shakespeare, authorial intention, figural language, narrative, writing, identity, politics and the skills that you can learn from English for the world of work.

In a clear and engaging way, Robert Eaglestone and Jonathan Beecher Field

Orient you, by exploring what it is to...