The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature

***AUTHOR APPROVED*** The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature 2nd Edition Edited by Dermot Cavanagh, Alan Gillis, Michelle Keown, James Loxley and Randall Stevenson New edition of this established guide to studying literature This second edition includes three new chapters: Reading, Writing an Essay, and Reflecting. Each focuses on the 'how to' element when studying literature, and covers issues such as avoiding plagiarism, and preparing a bibliography. The original emphasis on clear explanation of critical practices, and of literary forms, styles and techniques remains. These explanations are carefully illustrated through examples taken from readily available works, especially those included in The Norton Anthology of English Literature. The result is an unbeatable resource: a well-stocked toolbox providing introductions to the ways in which literary texts can be approached as well as to the critical, formal and historical understanding this requires. New for this edition: - three new chapters: Reading, Writing an Essay, and Reflecting - updated Works Cited - texts discussed in the book keyed to the latest edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature All editors and contributors are current or recent members of the University of Edinburgh's Department of English Literature, which celebrated its 250th anniversary in 2012. Cover image: World of books by Viorika Prikhodko Photography (c) iStockphoto Cover design: www.hayesdesign.co.uk [EUP logo] www.euppublishing.com