This text is an introduction to the full range of standard reference tools in all branches of English studies. More than 10,000 titles are included. The Reference Guide covers all the areas traditionally defined as English studies and all the field of inquiry more recently associated with English studies. British and Irish, American and world literatures written in English are included. Other fields covered are folklore, film, literary theory, general and comparative literature, language and linguistics, rhetoric and composition, bibliography and textual criticism and women's studies.
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Concise discussions of the lives and principal works of writers from Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and English-speaking Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Written by subject experts.
To anyone who has crossed the Canadian prairies, the title of this book, Vertical Man/Horizontal World, will strike a responsive chord -- man stands alone in seemingly limitless landscape "as...
This reference guide traces the "Writing Across the Curriculum" movement from its origins in British secondary education through its flourishing in American higher education and extension to American primary and secondary education.
Literary Epiphany in the Novel, 1850-1950: Constellations of the Soul. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. 1980. Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Nichols, Ashton. 1987.
Representations of politics and politicians have a long history, both in terms of covering actual events, such as the Watergate scandal in America (All the President's Men) or President Kennedy's assassination (JFK), and fictional ...
Robert Greene: A Reference Guide
Abstract: An overview of library organization, reference sources, and demystification of jargon and abbreviations is directed toward the intelligent layman. Section 1 presents some general techniques appropriate to any library...
Further Reading Barnet, Sylvan and William E. Cain. A Short Guide to Writing About Literature. 11th ed. New York: Pearson/Longman, 2009. Shea, Victor and William Whitla. Foundations: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing. 2nd edn.
John Fowles, a Reference Guide