developing responses to texts Jacobs, Richard 1952- creator author. text bibliography enk London Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2022 monographic eng

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241p. ; 23cm. "This timely volume presents a rich and absorbing selection of extracts from over two hundred leading literary critics of the last several decades, writing on many of the most widely studied literary texts in English, from Shakespeare to Toni Morrison. Structured chronologically, working through familiar literary periods, this book presents illuminating and stimulating examples of critical readings of familiar texts, demonstrating a variety of methods and approaches to critical practice. The range of critical voices represented - from Abrams and Adelman to Zimmerman and Žižek - provides students with eloquent and insightful models of how to read, think and write about texts so that they can form their own critical responses and develop as independent readers. The book also shows how criticism has developed over time and how it has always been intimately involved in wider cultural, social and political debates. Connections between criticism, culture and politics are explored in the book's wide-ranging first chapter. In his warm, clear, and engaging style, Richard Jacobs provides the perfect introduction to literature and criticism. Literature and the Critics is a book to which students will want to return to throughout their courses as they read more widely and encounter new texts and critical voices"-- Richard Jacobs ; with Sam Cutting, Sean McEvoy and Joel Roberts. Includes bibliographical references and index. e-uk--- n-us--- English literature History and criticism American literature History and criticism English literature American literature PR83 .J3425 2022 820.9 Jacobs, Richard. London ; New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2022 (DLC) 2021044773 9780367650384 9780367650407 2021044772 DLC 211201 20240716112757.0 22330030 eng