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How Literature Works John Sutherland

How Literature Works von John Sutherland

How Literature Works John Sutherland

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Zusammenfassung

With a series of succint, pithy essays, renowned literary critic John Sutherland strips away all pretension and provides concise definitions and clear examples of the 50 most important terms and concepts that all book lovers should know.

How Literature Works Zusammenfassung

How Literature Works: 50 Key Concepts John Sutherland

How Literature Works is an indispensable book for any reader seeking a greater appreciation of their favorite novel, poem, or play. It offers a lively and straightforward guide to literary thinking. With a series of compact essays, the renowned literary critic John Sutherland--widely admired for his wit and clear reasoning--strips away the obscurity and pretension of literary study. His book offers concise definitions and clear examples of the fifty concepts that all book lovers should know.It includes basic descriptive terms (ambiguity, epic), the core vocabulary of literary culture (genre, style), and devices employed by authors (irony, defamiliarization). More broadly, How Literature Works explores the animating concepts behind literary theory (textuality, sexual politics), traces the forces that impact literature's role in the real world (obscenity, plagiarism), and grapples with the future of reading (fanfic, e-book). For any reader who wants to get the most out of the literature they read, Sutherland's short sharp book will both inform and delight.

How Literature Works Bewertungen

"I consider John Sutherland one of the finest English-speaking critics at work today. His truly encyclopedic knowledge of literature over the centuries is evident throughout this valuable new book, yet he exhibits his learning without pretension; that is, he really uses what he knows deftly. He opens up the world of literary thinking to the uninitiated in a refreshing way that is thoroughly sound without being intimidating. He's also a terrific writer--witty, succinct, and clear. In short, this is a brilliant book." --Jay Parini, author of Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America "How Literature Works is reader-friendly--the writing is personable, intelligent, and informed without being pedantic--and helpful. John Sutherland clearly has vast learning, but he wears it lightly. Both the large concept and the selection of individual ideas that he covers are quite appealing. The book passes what Seamus Heaney calls the 'jealousy test.' Again and again, I found myself thinking, now why didn't I think of this?" --Thomas C. Foster, author of How to Read Novels Like a Professor "Superb! You'll never again feel paralyzed over paradigm shifts--in fact, you'll read everything with new enlightenment. Who knew that your beach novel was metafiction!" --Library Journal (Starred Review)

Über John Sutherland

John Sutherland, who has been a book columnist for the Guardian and a chair of judges for the Man-Booker prize, is Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction SOME BASICS 1. Mimesis 2. Ambiguity 3. Hermeneutics 4. The Classic 5. Intentionalism 6. The Affective Fallacy 7. Narrative / Story 8. Epic 9. Lyric / Prosody 10. Gothic 11. The Translation Paradox MACHINERY: HOW IT WORKS 12. Culture 13. Milieu 14. Base / Superstructure 15. The Canon 16. Genre 17. Closure 18. Paradigm Shift 19. Ownership 20. Critical Authority 21. Style LITERATURE'S DEVICES 22. Allegory 23. Irony 24. Imagery 25. Allusion 26. Defamiliarization 27. Bricolage 28. Metafiction 29. Solidity of Specification NEW IDEAS 30. Structuralism 31. Deconstruction 32. Textuality 33. Double Bind 34. Postmodernism 35. Heteroglossia 36. New Historicism 37. Post-Colonialism 38. Semiology 39. Reception Theory 40. Sexual Politics WORD CRIMES 41. Plagiarism 42. Obscenity 43. Libel 44. Blasphemy 45. Permissiveness 46. Literary Lies 47. Ghost-Writers LITERARY FUTURES 48. Fanfic 49. The e-book 50. Literary Inundation Answers to Quizzes Glossary

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GOR007804049
9780199794201
0199794200
How Literature Works: 50 Key Concepts John Sutherland
John Sutherland
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Oxford University Press Inc
2011-04-21
224
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