How to Read Literature

by Terry Eagleton

Book Overview

A literary master's entertaining guide to reading with deeper insight, better understanding, and greater pleasure​

What makes a work of literature good or bad? How freely can the reader interpret it? Could a nursery rhyme like Baa Baa Black Sheep be full of concealed loathing, resentment, and aggression? In this accessible, delightfully entertaining book, Terry Eagleton addresses these intriguing questions and a host...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300205309
• ISBN13: 9780300205305
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.2"