This Thing Called Literature
This Thing Called Literature What is this thing called literature? And how?Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life, death, the ordinary and the uncanny, this beautifully written…
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This Thing Called Literature
What is this thing called literature? And how?Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life, death, the ordinary and the uncanny, this beautifully written book establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and rewarding subject to study. Why should we study it?
The authors use helpful, familiar examples throughout, offering rich reflections on the question 'What is literature?' and on what they term 'creative reading'.Bennett and Royle's lucid and friendly style encourages a deep engagement with literary texts. Bennett and Royle delicately weave an essential love of literature into an account of what literary texts do, how they work and what sort of questions and ideas they provoke.The book's three parts reflect the fundamental components of studying literature: reading, thinking and writing. This book is not only an essential guide