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How To Read Literature (2013)

by Terry Eagleton(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

0300190964 (ISBN13: 9780300190960)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Yale University Press

review 1: Snappy, concise, sharp, and witty. Eagleton shows attention to the nuances of language, but this is much more than a guide to close reading. The book explores fundamental broader questions of literature (narrative, character, interpretation, value) with skill and verve, sketching out the historical development of varying conceptions of literature from the Renaissance to Post-Modernism. A pleasure to read.
review 2: Surprised how much I liked this. Like a refresher course in lit by a professor who is witty and intelligent and a endearingly sarcastic. His analysis of the classics such as Great Expectations and Middlemarch are fresh and designed to not dumb it down for students but to coax them to investiage the complexities of lit. He also does an intriguing ... moreanalysis of the Harry Potter novels, which he values and does not see as fluff or trash. Good read if you live in a place you dont have a lot of friends to talk lit with(like me). less

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