Textbook
The Literature Student's Survival Kit: What Every Reader Needs to KnowISBN: 978-1-4051-2285-6
Paperback
314 pages
February 2006, ©2006, Wiley-Blackwell
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Who was Jezebel? What was the Wooden Horse? When was the
Enlightenment? Who were the Luddites? And what is blank verse?
The Literature Student’s Survival Kit gives students
about to embark on a literature degree all the background
information they need to stay afloat.
- Designed to help literature students stay afloat in their
studies
- Brings together the biblical, classical, historical and
academic information that literature students need
- Provides an overview of the Bible, its books, characters,
episodes and places.
- Contains a guide to classical mythology
- Features timelines that situate literary figures in relation to
historical events and key social, cultural and linguistic
changes
- Presents essential information on individuals, events,
movements, and concepts that had an impact on the literature of
each period
- Includes glossaries of literary and critical terms, and a list
of key literary critics
- Offers advice on how to write essays and how to avoid common
linguistic and stylistic errors
- Enables students to approach their studies with self-assurance.