The English Studies Book

The English Studies Book

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The English Studies Book by Rob Pope

The English Studies Book is uniquely designed to support students and teachers working across the full range of language, literature and culture. Combining the functions of study guide, critical dictionary and text anthology, it has rapidly established itself as a core text on a wide variety of degree programmes nationally and internationally. Revised and updated throughout, features of the second edition include: * a new prologue addressing changes and challenges in English Studies * substantial entries on over 100 key critical and theoretical terms, from 'absence' and 'author' to 'text' and 'versification' - with new entries on 'creative writing', 'travel writing' and 'translation' * practical introductions to all the major theoretical approaches, with new sections on aesthetics, ethics, ecology and sexuality * a rich anthology of literary and related texts from Anglo-Saxon to Afro-Caribbean, with fresh selections representing the sonnet, haiku, slave narratives and science fiction, and with additional texts by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Charles Darwin, Ian McEwan, Margaret Atwood, Amy Tan and others * handy frameworks and checklists for close reading, research, essay writing and other textual activities, including use of the Internet.
'A marvellously compact, all round guide to English, written primarily with the undergraduate in mind but suitable for everyone with an interest in the languageSeriously academic textbooks rarely make for interesting, accessible reading for the rest of us, but this is one very welcome exception.' - Writing Maga zine

'Useful to teachers as a handbook to the changing nature of English Literature, and a source of classroom activities' - English and Media Magazine
Rob Pope is Professor of English Studies at Oxford Brookes University and a National Teaching Fellow.
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ISBN 13 9780415257107
ISBN 10 0415257107
Title The English Studies Book
Author Rob Pope
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published 2002-04-25
Number of pages 448
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.