This book contains close readings of the opening pages of 24 widely taught texts, from Robinson Crusoe to The Buddha of Suburbia. Offering a wide coverage of English literature from the 18th to the 20th centuries, Reading Fiction illustrates a diverse range of approaches to the close reading of prose fiction. Childs' analyses are to both an overview of modes of fiction over the last 300 years as well as a guide to the methods and techniques of close reading.
Reading Fiction: Opening the Text
$43.56 - $51.03
- UPC:
- 9780333801345
- Maximum Purchase:
- 2 units
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 2001-07-06
- Release Date:
- 2001-07-06
- Author:
- Peter Childs
- Language:
- english
- Edition:
- 2001