* Contains brief extracts from the critical works themselves so lecturers do not need to turn to multiple books/photocopies - everything needed in one book
* Focuses on the most frequently studied texts in English so will fit nicely onto most existing courses
* Organised chronologically and broken down into the units most commonly seen on degrees so is much more user-friendly for beginners
* Provides a solid history of literary criticism but also brings it right up to date - looking at the issues that engage students right now, such as ecocriticism and queer theory
* Richard Jacobs is widely praised for his tone and style which is ideal for students - clear, engaging and accessible
* The author has worked alongside specialists in Early Modern studies, Contemporary Literature, and American Literature to ensure the widest possible market for the book
Richard Jacobs is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Brighton, School of Humanities, UK where he was subject leader for literature and Principal Lecturer for many years and where he received teaching excellence awards. His many publications include A Beginner's Guide to Critical Reading: An Anthology of Literary Texts (2001) and Literature in Our Lives: Talking About Texts from Shakespeare to Philip Pullman (2020).
Title: Literature and the Critics: Developing Responses to Texts
Author: Jacobs, Richard
ISBN: 9780367650384
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publication Date: 2022-03-03
Number of Pages: 242
Weight: 0.3881 kg
'[I]n covering English literature from Shakespeare to postmodernism, it manages to make the subject sound both entertaining and important; the study of literature being a way of understanding the world and the mind-and also, by extension, as a kind of dissolving agent through which we can see the hypocrisies and motives of a malign state. And it is also hugely readable.' - Nicholas Lezard, The New Statesman, 6th July 2022