Texts: Contemporary Cultural Texts and Critical Approaches

by Peter Childs

Book Overview

Being able to analyse different types of text is an essential skill for students of literature. Texts is a new kind of book which shows students how to use literary theory to approach a wide range of literary, cultural and media texts of the kind studied on today's courses. These texts range from short stories, autobiographies, political speeches, websites and lyrics to films such as The Matrix and Harry Potter and from television's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748620443
• ISBN13: 9780748620449
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher