Studying English by With Beecher Field

Studying English by With Beecher Field

Clearly focussed on the needs of students, Robert Eaglestone and Jonathan Beecher Field have revised the best-selling Doing English specifically for English literature courses in America. Studying English presents the ideas and debates that shape literary studies in America today. This overview of the discipline explains not only what students need to know, but how and why English came to be the way it is. This uniquely comprehensive guide to the subject gives students the background they need to understand and enjoy their studies more fully. The book covers arguments about criticism and theory, value, the canon, Shakespeare, authorial intention, figural language, narrative, writing, identity, politics and the skills that are learned from studying 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 study English in America now. Equip you, by explaining the key ideas and trends in English in context. Enable you to begin higher level study.

'Designed to help the student "think like a critic," Eaglestone and Field's splendid new book Studying English will also help them enjoy the processStudents--and their professors--should celebrate the arrival of a book that will make their lives easier, more efficient, and more productive.' Geoffrey Harpham, Professor of English, Tulane University, USA

Robert Eaglestone is Professor of Contemporary Literature and Thought at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK.

Jonathan Beecher Field is Associate Professor of English at Clemson University, USA.

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ISBN 13	9780415837262
ISBN 10	041583726X
Title	Studying English
Author	With Beecher Field
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2015-11-16
Number of pages	182
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