Literary Terms and Criticism
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HOW TO STUDY LITERATURE General Editors: John Peck and Martin Coyle
LITERARY TERMS AND CRITICISM New Edition
LITERARY TERMS AND CRITICISM
New Edition John Peck and Martin Coyle
ISOth YEAR
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MACMILLAN
© John Peck and Martin Coyle 1984, 1993 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. First edition 1984 Reprinted 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 Second edition 1993 Published by THE MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 2XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 978-0-333-58887-1 ISBN 978-1-349-13155-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-349-13155-6
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Contents
General editors' preface
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How to use this guide
1
Vlll
English, American and post-colonial literature: a brief survey
1
2 Poetry
12
3
Drama
78
4
The novel
107
5
Critical concepts
132
6
Critical positions and perspectives
165
Further reading
200
Author index
213
Subject index
217
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For Rachel and Pamela
General editors' preface EVERYBODY who studies literature, either for an examination or simply for pleasure, experiences the same problem: how to understand and respond to the text. As every student of literature knows, it is perfectly possible to read a book over and over again and yet still feel baffled and at a loss as to what to say about it. One answer to this problem, of course, is to accept someone else's view of the text, but how much more rewarding it would be if you could work out your own critical response to any book you choose or are required to study. The aim of this series is to help you develop your critical skills by offering practical advice about how to read, understand and analyse literature. Each volume provides you with a clear method of study so that you can see how to set about tackling texts on your own. While the authors of each volume approach the problem i
