Literary Studies in Action

<p><strong>`This is a textbook for the times, which addresses itself brilliantly to the twin phenomena of expanding horizons and diminishing resources of English studies.'</strong> - <em>David Lodge</em></p> Introduction; Chapter 1 1 What are you letting yourself in for when you study ‘literature in English’?; Chapter 2 2 How has the study of literature tended to see itself?; Chapter 3 3 The ‘objects’ of your study: ‘texts’; Chapter 4 4 How do you find things out?; Chapter 5 5 Sorting texts out; Chapter 6 6 Language in texts; Chapter 7 7 Interpreting; Chapter 8 8 Developing theories; Chapter 9 9 From your study into the world; Answers to selected activities; References and Further Reading; Bibliography; Index;