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Author: Richard Jacobs
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.420kg
ISBN: 9780367189310
ISBN 10: 0367189313
Pages: 200
Publication Date: 17 February 2020
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
""In this intimate, accessible and passionate book, Richard Jacobs shows us why reading literature matters and how it can change our lives."" -- Will Norman, University of Kent ""Richard Jacobs’ lectures give personal warmth to critical expertise. Literature in Our Lives is a wonderful model of how to think about literature. This book provides an approachable introduction for beginners and a stimulating companion for advanced literary scholars."" -- Rachel Trousdale, Framingham State University ""The studies published here, while impeccably rigorous and forensic, have a deeply appealing thread of personal memories and enthusiasm…Literature in our Lives is a reminder of the best tradition of literary criticism, an ongoing conversation, and recalled for me the memorable lessons, tutorials and lectures that helped me to find the place that literature has in my own life. I would warmly recommend the book to anyone wishing to see the kind of directions literary discussions can take."" -- Malcolm Hebron, The Use of English 72.2 ""As a lucid model of assured and inspiring close reading which resolutely connects together critical interpretation with our own lives, [this book] is perfectly pitched for both sixth-formers and university students. I think it’s a book to reinvigorate all of us who want to learn, or to teach how to read well."" -- Sean McEvoy, Teaching English
This is a beautifully-written book that makes the study of literature an adventure that should matter to all of us. --Sean McEvoy, author of Shakespeare: The Basics and Tragedy: The Basics In this intimate, accessible and passionate book, Richard Jacobs shows us why reading literature matters and how it can change our lives. -- Will Norman, University of Kent Richard Jacobs' lectures give personal warmth to critical expertise. Literature in Our Lives is a wonderful model of how to think about literature. This book provides an approachable introduction for beginners and a stimulating companion for advanced literary scholars. -- Rachel Trousdale, Framingham State University The studies published here, while impeccably rigorous and forensic, have a deeply appealing thread of personal memories and enthusiasm...Literature in our Lives is a reminder of the best tradition of literary criticism, an ongoing conversation, and recalled for me the memorable lessons, tutorials and lectures that helped me to find the place that literature has in my own life. I would warmly recommend the book to anyone wishing to see the kind of directions literary discussions can take. Malcolm Hebron, The Use of English 72.2
Author Information
Richard Jacobs is an Honorary Fellow at the University of Brighton, School of Humanities, where he was subject leader for literature and Principal Lecturer for many years and where he received teaching excellence awards. His publications include A Beginner’s Guide to Critical Reading: An Anthology of Literary Texts (Routledge), Teaching Narrative (Palgrave), chapters on the 20th century novel (Penguin and Palgrave), editions for Penguin Classics, articles on literature and the teaching of literature, and several reviews.
