World and Time: Teaching Literature in Context (Cambridge Contexts in Literature)

Type

Book

Authors

Adrian Barlow

ISBN 10

0521712475

ISBN 13

9780521712477

Tags

Literary Criticism & Collections, Criticism & Theory, British & Irish, Writing

Description

Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Providing an invaluable resource for any teacher of English: it both presents a fascinating overview of teaching Literature today, and offers a valuable and practical guide to anyone teaching advanced courses in the subject. The book asks whether it is possible to combine the recent focus on the contextual study of literary texts with a continuing emphasis on close reading and discusses the key literary skills that universities expect students of literature to have developed. The book demonstrates surprising ways in which the study of context can give a new and sharper focus to the words on the page. - from Amzon

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