Eagleton, Terry - How to Read Literature

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HOW TO READ LITERATURE T E R RY E A G L E T O N YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS N E W H AV E N A N D L O N D O N ...

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Contents Preface ix 1 Openings 1 2 Character 45 3 Narrative 80 4 Interpretation 117 5 Value 175 Index 207 ...

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Preface Like clog dancing, the art of analysing works of literature is almost dead on its feet. A whole tradition of what Nietzs ...

H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e x and students with some of the basic tools of the critical trade, without which they are ...

Imagine that you are listening to a group of students around a seminar table discussing Emily Brontë’s novel Wuthering Heights. ...

H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 2 page 5. Nobody seems to think that Heathcliff is a small town in Kansas. The problem is ...

O p e n i n g s 3 way. It would simply mean paying close attention to the workings of its language. For some literary theorists, ...

H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 4 The students we have just overheard wrangling have conflicting views about Wuthering Hei ...

O p e n i n g s 5 mini- narrative with another, without telling us what to make of the characters and events it portrays. It is ...

H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 6 versions of reality in tension. Which is not to suggest that we are necessarily to tread ...

O p e n i n g s 7 meaning by the audience’s reluctance to let go of the fantasy they have been enjoying. Instead, they must use ...

H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 8 not necessarily in this particular combination. We can grasp the meaning of these openin ...

O p e n i n g s 9 As with the opening of a lot of novels, there is something of a setpiece feel to this, as the author clears hi ...

H o w t o R e a d L i t e r a t u r e 1 0 The four phrases of the first sentence are almost metrical in their rhythm and balance ...