Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at -The Beginning- and concluding with -The End-, chapters range from the familiar, such as -Character-, -Narrative- and -The Author-, to the more unusual, such as -Secrets-, -Pleasure- and -Ghosts-. Now in its sixth edition, Bennett and Royle-s classic textbook successfully illuminates complex ideas by engaging directly with literary works, so that a reading of Jane Eyre opens up ways of thinking about racial difference, for example, while Chaucer, Monty Python and Hilary Mantel are all invoked in a discussion of literature and laughter.
The sixth edition has been revised and updated throughout. In addition, four new chapters - -Literature-, -Loss-, -Human- and -Migrant- - engage with exciting recent developments in literary studies. As well as fully up-to-date further reading sections at the end of each chapter, the book
