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OverviewLively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘The Beginning’ and concluding with ‘The End’, chapters range from the familiar, such as ‘Character’, ‘Narrative’ and ‘The Author’, to the more unusual, such as ‘Secrets’, ‘Pleasure’ and ‘Ghosts’. Now in its sixth edition, Bennett and Royle’s classic textbook successfully illuminates complex ideas by engaging directly with literary works, so that a reading of Jane Eyre opens up ways of thinking about racial difference, for example, while Chaucer, Monty Python and Hilary Mantel are all invoked in a discussion of literature and laughter. The sixth edition has been revised and updated throughout. In addition, four new chapters – ‘Literature’, ‘Loss’, ‘Human’ and ‘Migrant’ – engage with exciting recent developments in literary studies. As well as fully up-to-date further reading sections at the end of each chapter, the book contains a comprehensive bibliography and an invaluable glossary of key literary terms. A breath of fresh air in a field that can often seem dry and dauntingly theoretical, this book will open the reader’s eyes to the exhilarating possibilities of reading and studying literature. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Andrew Bennett (University of Bristol, UK) , Nicholas RoylePublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Edition: 6th edition Weight: 0.960kg ISBN: 9781032186139ISBN 10: 1032186135 Pages: 524 Publication Date: 23 March 2023 Audience: College/higher education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAlternative Table of Contents Acknowledgments How to Read This Book Trigger Warning and Spoiler Alert The Beginning Literature Readers and Reading The Author The Text and the World The Uncanny Monuments Narrative Character Voice Figures and Tropes Creative Writing Feelings Loss Laughter The Tragic Wounds History Me Eco Animals Human Ghosts Body Moving Pictures Sexual Difference God Ideology Love Desire Queer Suspense Racial Difference Migrant The Colony Mutant The Performative Secrets Pleasure War The End Glossary A Note on Texts Used Literary Works Discussed Bibliography of Critical and Theoretical Works IndexReviewsPraise for previous editions: 'By far the best introduction we have, bar none. This unmatched book is for everyone: from those beginning literary study, through advanced students, and up to teachers; even those who, like me, have been pro- fessing literature for years and years.' J. Hillis Miller, Distinguished Research Professor, University of California, Irvine 'Sparkling, enthusiastic and admirably well-informed.' Helene Cixous 'An exceptional book. It is completely different from anything else currently available, refreshing, extremely well written and original in so many ways . . . It is just the sort of book I would want my students to read . . . It is quite the best introductory book that I have ever come across.' Philip Martin, Sheffield Hallam University 'Fresh, surprising, never boring, and engagingly humorous, while remaining intellectually serious and challenging . . . This is a terrific book, and I'm very glad that it exists.' Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 'This excellent book is very well written and an outstanding introduction to literary studies. An extremely stimulating introduction.' Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway College, University of London 'I am convinced that Bennett and Royle have written a pathbreaking work and I suspect that this book - so full of laughter, suspense, secrets and pleasure - will have an appeal beyond a strictly academic audience.' Alan Shima, University of Gavle, Sweden 'All the chapters in the volume are illuminating, informative and original.' Robert Mills, King's College London 'Bennett and Royle offer a different kind of introduction, which directly involves the reader in the problems and pleasures of thinking about literature - its distinctiveness, its strangeness, its power, its inexhaustibility . . . They succeed brilliantly in encouraging readers who are new to theory to appreciate its importance, enjoy its revelations, and understand some of its conceptual apparatus without diminishing the centrality of literary writing itself. This is a book which students in every introductory course on criticism and theory would benefit from having.' Derek Attridge, University of York 'The best introduction to literary studies on the market.' Jonathan Culler, Cornell University 'The most un-boring, unnerving, unpretentious textbook I've ever come across.' Elizabeth Wright, University of Cambridge 'It is by far the best and most readable of all such introductions that I know of . . . The treatment of the various topics is masterful, even- handed and informative. I cannot think of a better introduction for undergraduates, to be sure, but for many graduate students too.' Hayden White, University of California at Santa Cruz 'I don't know of any book that could, or does, compete with this one. It is irreplaceable.' Richard Rand, University of Alabama '[Bennett and Royle have] cracked the problem of how to be introductory and sophisticated, accessible but not patronising.' Peter Buse, English Subject Centre Newsletter Praise for previous editions: 'This is a book which students in every introductory course on criticism and theory would benefit from having.' Derek Attridge, University of York '[Bennett and Royle have] cracked the problem of how to be introductory and sophisticated, accessible but not patronising.' Peter Buse, English Subject Centre Newsletter 'Sparkling, enthusiastic and admirably well-informed.' Helene Cixous 'The best introduction to literary studies on the market.' Jonathan Culler, Cornell University 'This excellent book is very well written and an outstanding introduction to literary studies. An extremely stimulating introduction.' Robert Eaglestone, Royal Holloway College, University of London 'Fresh, surprising, never boring, and engagingly humorous, while remaining intellectually serious and challenging . . . This is a terrific book, and I'm very glad that it exists.' Peggy Kamuf, University of Southern California 'An exceptional book. It is completely different from anything else currently available, refreshing, extremely well written and original in so many ways . . . It is quite the best introductory book that I have ever come across.' Philip Martin, Sheffield Hallam University 'By far the best introduction we have, bar none. This unmatched book is for everyone: from those beginning literary study, through advanced students, and up to teachers; even those who, like me, have been pro- fessing literature for years and years.' J. Hillis Miller, University of California 'All the chapters in the volume are illuminating, informative and original.' Robert Mills, King's College London 'I don't know of any book that could, or does, compete with this one. It is irreplaceable.' Richard Rand, University of Alabama 'Bennett and Royle have written a pathbreaking work' Alan Shima, University of Gavle 'It is by far the best and most readable of all such introductions that I know of' Hayden White, University of California at Santa Cruz 'The most un-boring, unnerving, unpretentious textbook I've ever come across.' Elizabeth Wright, University of Cambridge Author InformationAndrew Bennett is Professor of English at the University of Bristol. He publishes on Romantic and twentieth-century literature and on literary theory. His books include This Thing Called Literature (2015, co-authored with Nicholas Royle), Suicide Century: Literature and Suicide from James Joyce to David Foster Wallace (2017), Ignorance: Literature and Agnoiology (2009) and The Author (2005). Nicholas Royle is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Sussex. He is author of many critical books, including Veering: A Theory of Literature (2011) and How to Read Shakespeare (2014), as well as novels such as An English Guide to Birdwatching (2017) and memoirs, most recently David Bowie, Enid Blyton and the Sun Machine (2023). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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