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基本説明
Brings together the biblical, classical, historical and academic information that literature students need.
Full Description
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.
Contents
Foreword. Acknowledgments.
1. Surviving the Bible.
Books of the Bible.
Historical Framework.
The Bible in English.
Dictionary.
2. Surviving the Classics.
Dictionary.
3. Surviving History.
Timelines.
Dictionary of Background Information.
The Roman Conquest to the Wars of the Roses.
The Tudors to the Commonwealth.
The Restoration to the American Revoluation.
The Romantics and the Nineteenth Century.
The Twentieth Century.
Fifty Dates.
English Monarchs.
4. Surviving the Academy.
Reading about Literature.
Literary Terms.
Poetry: Poetic Forms, Rhyme, Meter.
Roman Numerals.
The Critical Background.
Writing about Literature.
Survival-level Punctuation.
A Survivor's Guide to Grammatical Terms.
A Survivor's Guide to Fifty Common Errors.
A Survivor's Guide to Writing Essays.
Exams.
Index
