000 02721cam a22004458i 4500
001 23240906
005 20250501153603.0
008 230724s2024 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 _a 2023034266
020 _a9781032293790
020 _a9781032285849
037 _cTB
040 _aDLC
_beng
_erda
_cDLC
042 _apcc
050 0 0 _aPN45
_b.B395 2024
084 _aO111:g R4
_qCRL
100 1 _aBennett, Andrew,
_d1960 December 2-
_eauthor.
_9753690
245 1 0 _aThis thing called literature
250 _a2nd Ed.
260 _aNew York, USA:
_bRoutledge,
_c2024.
263 _a2401
264 1 _c2024.
300 _aviii, 172p. cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
365 _b18.99
_cUKP
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 _a"What is this thing called literature? Why study it? And how? Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life, death, the ordinary and the uncanny, This Thing Called Literature establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting and rewarding subject to study. Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle expertly weave an essential love of literature into an account of what literary texts do, how they work and the sort of questions and ideas they provoke. The book's three parts reflect the fundamental components of studying literature: reading, thinking and writing. The authors use helpful and wide-ranging examples and summaries, offering rich reflections on the question 'What is literature?' and on what they term 'creative reading'. The new edition has been revised throughout with extensive updates to the further reading, and a new chapter on creative non-fiction. Bennett and Royle's accessible and thought-provoking style encourages a deep engagement with literary texts. This essential guide to the study of literature is as an eloquent celebration of the value and pleasure of reading"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aLiterature
_xAppreciation.
_9753691
650 0 _aLiterature
_xPhilosophy.
_9753692
650 0 _aReading.
650 0 _aAuthorship.
_9453120
700 1 _aRoyle, Nicholas,
_d1957-
_eauthor.
_9753693
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aBennett, Andrew, 1960 December 2-
_tThis thing called literature
_bSecond edition.
_dNew York : Routledge, 2024
_z9781003301363
_w(DLC) 2023034267
906 _a7
_bcbc
_corignew
_d1
_eecip
_f20
_gy-gencatlg
942 _2CC
_cTB
_e2nd Ed.
_hO111:g R4
_n0
999 _c1309906
_d1309906