The literature student's survival kit : what every reader needs to know

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The literature student's survival kit : what every reader needs to know

Ian Littlewood

Blackwell, 2006

  • : hbk.
  • : pbk.

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Includes index

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内容説明

Who was Jezebel? What was the Wooden Horse? When was the Enlightenment? Who were the Luddites? And what is blank verse? The Literature Student's Survival Kit gives students about to embark on a literature degree all the background information they need to stay afloat. Designed to help literature students stay afloat in their studies Brings together the biblical, classical, historical and academic information that literature students need Provides an overview of the Bible, its books, characters, episodes and places. Contains a guide to classical mythology Features timelines that situate literary figures in relation to historical events and key social, cultural and linguistic changes Presents essential information on individuals, events, movements, and concepts that had an impact on the literature of each period Includes glossaries of literary and critical terms, and a list of key literary critics Offers advice on how to write essays and how to avoid common linguistic and stylistic errors Enables students to approach their studies with self-assurance.

目次

Foreword. Acknowledgments. 1. Surviving the Bible. Books of the Bible. Historical Framework. The Bible in English. Dictionary. 2. Surviving the Classics. Dictionary. 3. Surviving History. Timelines. Dictionary of Background Information. The Roman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses. The Tudors to the Commonwealth. The Restoration to the American Revoluation. The Romantics and the Nineteenth Century. The Twentieth Century. Fifty Dates. English Monarchs. 4. Surviving the Academy. Reading about Literature. Literary Terms. Poetry: Poetic Forms, Rhyme, Meter. Roman Numerals. The Critical Background. Writing about Literature. Survival-level Punctuation. A Survivor's Guide to Grammatical Terms. A Survivor's Guide to Fifty Common Errors. A Survivor's Guide to Writing Essays. Exams. Index

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA75557720
  • ISBN
    • 1405122846
    • 1405122854
  • LCCN
    2005023309
  • 出版国コード
    us
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Malden, Mass. ; Oxford
  • ページ数/冊数
    xii, 298 p.
  • 大きさ
    23 cm
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