Landmarks in English Literature
Published on 1. March 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-0-7486-1060-0 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive guide to writers and their works which helps people understand where the books they read belong in the history and development of literature, see how they work technically, and appreciate them more fully. This comprehensive survey of writers and their works gives you a 'good reading guide' of important books from Chaucer to T. S. Eliot, and clear explanations of the history and techniques of fiction, poetry and drama. Full of insights from the author's many years of teaching, the book ends with an appendix on creative writing as a way of learning about literature, and an annotated bibliography. This is an ideal first-stop for students, readers and adult learners needing an accessible and informed introduction to the joys of literature.
Reviews / Votes
You get a real sense of the writer as an enthusiastic and discerning teacher - he even made me enjoy reading about writers I don't like! -- Gail Wylie, University of Edinburgh Gaskell has set out to introduce non-students to literature and to encourage everyone to widen their reading and develop their own talent as writers. He is eminently successful and I was left with a desire to read many of the works he discusses. -- Helen Moll Stimulating ... A truly inspiring book. -- KC Harrison You get a real sense of the writer as an enthusiastic and discerning teacher - he even made me enjoy reading about writers I don't like! Gaskell has set out to introduce non-students to literature and to encourage everyone to widen their reading and develop their own talent as writers. He is eminently successful and I was left with a desire to read many of the works he discusses. Stimulating ... A truly inspiring book.More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
320 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7486-1060-0 (9780748610600)
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