Language, Literature and Critical Practice
Language, Literature and Critical Practice
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Language, Literature and Critical Practice by David Birch
Using a wide-ranging variety of texts the author reviews and evaluates a broad range of approaches to textual commentary, introducing the reader to the fundamental distinction between `actual' and `virtual' worlds in critical practice.`Paves the way for a politically more aware and more responsible stylistics, and as such makes essential reading for anybody interested in the practice of literary criticism, and more particularly, in the role of ideology at the interface of language and literature' - Journal of Literary Semantics
`Accessible style and presentation ... extensive bibliography.' - Poetics Today
David Birch is Professor of Communication and Media Studies at the University of Central Queensland, Australia. Previously he taught at Murdoch University in Western Australia, and at the National University of Singapore, having completed his doctorate at the University of York, England.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780415029414 |
| ISBN 10 | 0415029414 |
| Title | Language, Literature and Critical Practice |
| Author | David Birch |
| Series | Interface |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 1989-02-23 |
| Number of pages | 232 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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